Note:
These Quick Operating Instructions represent only an
overview of the operating procedures. For a complete setup and
use of the machine, please refer to the Xtra Operator’s Manual.
C-4 20077/021 US XTRA Operator’s Manual
1. Install the Blood Collection Reservoir:
k. The branch ending with a male port is used to connect the reservoir to the
XTRA Bowl Set, the second one to the Oxygenator Extension Line
2. Connect the Suction Line:
a. Raise the IV pole and the display completely
2. Connect the Suction Line:
b. Prepare a bag or bottle of anticoagulant solution by mixing 30,000
international units of heparin per liter of sterile (injectable) normal saline
2. Connect the Suction Line:
c. Remove the dual lumen suction line from its package and carefully open the
outer wrap
2. Connect the Suction Line:
d. Pass the inner sterile wrapped assembly to the sterile field. At the sterile
field, unwrap the assembly, remove the protective cover, and attach the
connector to a suction cannula
2. Connect the Suction Line:
e. Pass the other end (the split end) of the aspiration line back from the sterile
field to the X
TRA operator
2. Connect the Suction Line:
f. Close the roller clamp on the small bore tubing
2. Connect the Suction Line:
g. Remove the protective cover on the large bore tubing of the suction line
2. Connect the Suction Line:
h. Attach the tubing to one of the inlet ports on the lid of the reservoir. The inlet
ports are orange-capped
2. Connect the Suction Line:
i. Hang the anticoagulant solution container on one of the holders of the IV
pole
Setting Up the Disposables
Quick Start Instructions: Setting Up the Disposables