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Operating Instruction TNI soft Flow 50 homecare system
• ThesensorconnectionlocatedbelowthecarryinghandleoftheTNI soft Flow 50mayonly
beusedtoconnectthe“externaltemperaturemeasuringelement”(itemno.40641018)or
othercomponentsauthorizedbytheTNImedicalAG.Donotconnectunauthorizedcom-
ponentstothissocket!
• Pleasemakesurethatthedeviceispositionedinawaythatthepowerplugcanbediscon-
nectedwithoutdiculties.
• AnSD-Cardcanbeusedtostoreinformationindependentlyfromthedevice.
1.3.5)Environmentalconditions
• TheTNI soft Flow 50mayonlybeoperatedunderadmissibleambientconditions(see
chapter7,“Technical Data”).Operatingthedeviceunderambientconditionsoutofthe
rangedenedfortheguaranteedperformanceparameterswillresultinreducedperfor-
manceparameters.Iftheambientconditionsareoutofthegivenrange,thedeviceshould
stayino-modeduetosafetyreasons.
Inordertoensureproperuse,itisimportanttolettheTNI soft Flow 50adapttotheambi-
entconditions(roomtemperature).Pleasewaitabout2-4hoursbeforestartingupthede-
vice.ThisappliestotherstusageoftheTNI soft Flow 50andtotransportingthedevice,
i.e.thetransportconditionswereoutofthegivenrangeofambientconditions.Donotuse
thedeviceinhumidandpotentiallyexplosiveroomsorcombustibleatmosphere.
• IntendedfunctioningoftheTNI soft
Flow 50maybeimpairedwhenitisoperatedright
nexttoHFelectrosurgerydevices,debrillators,X-rays,transmittedpulses,radiofrequency
interferenceordevicesdesignedforshortwavetherapy.
• DonotusetheTNI soft
Flow 50whileperformingthemeasuresmentionedaboveordur-
ingmagneticresonancetomography(MRT,NMR,NMI).
• Activemobilephonesmayonlybeplacednexttothedevicewhenaminimumdistanceof
1misbeingkept.
• Thesystemmustnotbesetupnexttoaheaterandmustnotbeexposedtodirectsunlight
sincethismayinterferewithaproperoperationofthedevice.
• Thesensormeasuringtheambienttemperatureislocatedontherightintheinsideofthe
device.Donotpointanysourceofheat(e.g.heater,...)towardsthissensor.
• Inordertoensureasucientaircirculationaroundthedevice,aminimumdistanceof25
cmtoallsidesistobekept.
• Thedevicemaynotbecovered.
• Toavoidafastaccumulationofdustintheairlter,donotplacetheTNI soft
Flow 50 near
theground.
• Thedeviceisintendedtobeusedindoorandshouldbeplacedonanevenhorizontal
surface.
• Toavoiddamage,contaminationormalfunctioning,placethedeviceoutofreachfrom
pets,pestsorchildren
• Operatingthedeviceatalowambientairtemperaturemayresultinaformationofconden-
sateintheapplicator.Keeptheboxedapplicatorawayfromdirectsunlightandstoreitina
dryplace.