- It is important that the patient's
position is anatomically correct.
Therefore, carefully verify the fol-
lowing settings/positions:
1. carriage angle
2. ankle joint axis/carriage axis
motor A
3. Footplate adjustment
4. Calf support assembly
- Movements must not cause any
pain or irritation.
- Patients must be fully conscious
while being instructed in the use of
the CPM device and during therapy.
- The choice of the therapy param-
eters to program and of the ther-
apy protocols to use is restricted
to the responsible physician or
therapist. It is the physician's or
therapist's decision whether or not
to use the CPM device on a spe-
cific patient.
- The patient must be familiar with the
functions of the ARTROMOT
programming unit and the unit must
be within easy reach of the pa-
tient, allowing him or her to stop
therapy, if needed. Patients unable
to operate the programming unit,
e.g. paralytic patients, must never
be left unattended during therapy.
- After data storage, write the pa-
tient's name on the patient chip
1
card
. The card should only be
used for this patient. If the patient
1
chip card
is used for another pa-
tient, be sure to delete the previ-
ous patient's data from the card
first (see: section 5.3, "New pa-
tient").
1
Use original chip cards only .
- All accessories used with the
®
ARTROMOT
-SP3 device must
first be approved by ORMED.
- Do not allow parts of the body or
any objects (such as blankets, cush-
ions or cables) to get caught in the
moving parts of the CPM device.
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1
Devices of the ARTROMOT
product family with patient chip
card only.
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Shock hazard –
Strictly observe the following warn-
ings. Failure to do so endangers the
lives of the patient, the user and
other persons involved.
- Before use allow the ARTROMOT
SP3 to reach room temperature. If
the device has been transported at
temperatures below 0 °C (32°F),
leave it to dry at room temperature
for about 2 hours, until any conden-
sation has disappeared.
- The ARTROMOT
only be operated in dry rooms.
- When disconnecting the device
from the power line, remove the
plug from the wall outlet first, be-
fore disconnecting the cable from
the device.
- When connecting the device to
other equipment or when creating a
®
-SP3
medical system, check that the sum
of leakage currents will not cause
any hazard. Please contact
ORMED, if you have questions in
this matter.
- Do not use multiple portable socket
outlets (MPSO) to connect the de-
vice to the power line.
ARTROMOT
nected to a properly installed wall
outlet with a non-fused earthed
wire. Before connecting the power
cord, it must be completely unrolled
and placed such that it will not get
caught in the moving parts of the
device.
- Before cleaning and service inter-
ventions, disconnect the device
from the power line by removing the
power cord from the wall outlet.
- Liquids must not be allowed to
enter the CPM device or the pro-
gramming unit. If liquids have en-
tered into the devices,
ARTROMOT
diately checked by a service techni-
cian, before it can be reused.
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-SP3
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Warning
®
-SP3 device must
®
-SP3 must be con-
®
-SP3 must be imme-
®
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