YOSHIDA XP73 - Seating the Patient Inside the Equipment

Directions for Use
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Operation Manual
2.3.4 Seating the patient inside the equipment
* Caution
• Be sure to ask the patient to wear an X-ray protective apron and child patients to wear
both the X-ray protective apron and a thyroid shield prior to X-ray exposure.
• Ask the patient to remove eye glasses and accessories prior to X-ray exposure,
otherwisetheymaybereectedontheimages.
• Ensure that the patient's hair, especially when hair is tied up, does not come in contact
with the equipment. It may cause injury of the patient.
• Ask the patient to keep away from the equipment until the arm unit of the equipment has
been reset. Otherwise, the patient may be caught by the arm unit and be injured.
• Do not rotate the arm unit manually, the patient may be caught by the arm unit, and be
injured or a failure may occur in the equipment.
Adjusting the chin rest height
Before seating the patient inside the equipment, adjust the chin rest close to the patient’s
height. Press the Up/Down switch on the control panel to move the sliding body up and down.
Panoramic mode TMJ mode
Panoramic mode (child) : Panoramic mode chin rest block adjusted close to the patient’s jaw
height
TMJ mode : TMJ adaptor adjusted close to the patient’s subnasal point.
* Caution
• Ask the patient to keep away from the equipment until the height of the equipment has
been successfully adjusted. If not, the patient may be hit by the equipment, becoming
injured.