Packaging Symbols; Purpose; Indications - Riester uni I econom Instrucciones Para El Uso

1.3 Packaging symbols

Symbol Note on symbol
Fragile. The package should be handled with care.
Keep the package from getting wet.
This way up. The symbol indicates the correct positioning for transporting
the package.
Keep away from sunlight
"Green Dot" (country-specific)

1.4 Purpose

Otoscope and accessories:
The Riester otoscope was manufactured to illuminate and examine the ear canal and tym-
panic membrane.
-Accessories: battery handles
Battery handles are used to supply the instrument heads with energy (the bulbs are contai-
ned in the corresponding instrument heads). Clinicians use the handle to guide and control
the device during exams.
-Accessories: ear specula
The shape of the ear specula makes it easier to see into the ear and nose.
-Accessories: nasal speculum:
The nasal speculum was manufactured to illuminate and thus examine the inside of the
nose.
May ophthalmoscope:
The Riester May ophthalmoscopes were manufactured to examine the eye and the fundus.
Bent Arm Illuminator and accessories:
The bent arm illuminator was manufactured to provide additional lighting to the oral cavity
and the pharynx.
-Accessories: Tongue Depressor Holder
The tongue depressor holder was manufactured to examine the mouth and throat area and
can be used with standard wooden or plastic depressors, and the Riester bent arm illu-
minator.
-Accessories: laryngeal mirror
The laryngeal mirror was made for mirroring and thus for examining the oropharynx in
combination with the Riester bent arm illuminator.

1.4.1 Indications

Otoscope and accessories:
It is one of the standard instruments used by all ENT clinicians and is used for the visual
examination of the external auditory canal (meatus acusticus externus) and the eardrum.
Otoscopy can diagnose diseases (otitis externa), foreign bodies or parasites in the external
auditory canal as well as changes in the eardrum. It is usually performed by the ENT physi-
cian as the first examination in the event of hearing problems.
-Accessories: battery handles
Battery handles are used to supply the instrument heads with energy (the bulbs are contai-
ned in the corresponding instrument heads). Clinicians use the handle to guide and control
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