SUPPLEMENT
Supplement: CUSA Excel Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator System User’s Guide S-1
CAssembling or Changing Tips on the
Sterile Field
In this section:
• Items needed
• Assembly
• Disassembly to change tips on the sterile field
• Disassembly after the surgical procedure
• Reprocess the handpiece
• Reprocess the sterilizable torque base
• Package the handpiece for sterilization
• Package the base for sterilization
• Sterilize the handpiece and base.
For Your Information
You have two options:
1. Assembling or Changing Tips on the Sterile Field – This addendum
tells you how to assemble and disassemble the handpiece as part of
changing tips on the sterile field.
2. NOT Changing Tips on the Sterile Field – If assembling the tip to the
handpiece in a nonsterile area before sterilization, refer to the
following instructions in the CUSA EXcel System User’s Guide:
•Section 9, Assembling the Handpiece in a Nonsterile Area
• Section 10, Sterilizing Handpieces and Accessories
• Section 11, Completing Handpiece Setup on the Sterile Field.