YOSHIDA XP73 - Page 84

Directions for Use
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Operation Manual
Seating and Positioning the Patient
After seating the patient, move the ear rods upward or downward to match the heights of
patient’s porus acusticus. Insert the ear rod into the porus acusticus on one side and close
the ear rod. Then gently insert the ear rod on the other side. When inserting the ear rod,
make sure that the patient’s Frankfurt plane is positioned horizontally.
When acquiring a lateral (LA) image, adjust the height of the nose support at the center
betweenthepatient’seyebrows,andgentlyplaceittox.(Removethenosesupportwhen
acquiring an posteroanterior (PA) image or a carpus image.) Instruct the patient to close his/
her mouth with some appropriate tension.
Slide the ear rods by gripping their upper portion (closer to the head) to widen or narrow. For
carpus image, widen the ear rods to the maximum.
LA
LA
PA
PA
Carpus
Carpus
When acquiring a carpus image, instruct the patient to stand next to the equipment and place
the wide-spread palm on the carpus support, stand the patient at the side of the equipment.
Instruct the patient to open his/her hands completely and place them in front of the carpus