Warning
The handpiece and handpiece accessories must be
sterile before use. Before use, sterilize the sterilizable
torque base in the sterilizer tray with the handpiece.
Attaching the Tip and O-rings:
1. Thread the tip of choice onto the handpiece
connecting body. Turn the tip until it is finger tight.
2. Locate the sterilized torque base in which the
handpiece support color matches the color on the
handpiece connector (23 kHz - green; 36 kHz - blue).
Put the handpiece in the torque base so that the metal
connecting body fits snugly in the metal slot at the
end of the support.
3. Hold the handpiece securely in place in the torque
base.
Notice
To avoid product damage, NEVER hold the
handpiece in your hand while using the torque
wrench to tighten or loosen the tip.
4 .
Match the colored ring on the sterile torque
wrench with the handpiece connector color or
handpiece support color on the torque base.
Slide the color coded side of the wrench over
the tip, being careful not to damage the tip,
until the hex in the wrench engages the hex of
the tip.
Blue ring on head of 36 kHz wrench
Green ring on head of 23 kHz wrench
Handpiece Support
Handpiece Support
5. Rotate the wrench clockwise until you feel and
hear one click. Rotate again until you feel and
hear a second click.
Warning
Turning the torque wrench further clockwise will
damage the handpiece.
You must use the torque base when assembling
and dissembling the tip from the handpiece.
Failure to use a torque base could result in
a twisted transducer within the handpiece
assembly, potentially damaging the transducer,
and leading to handpiece failure.
Symptoms of an over-torqued handpiece include:
•
Difficulty inserting the aspiration tubing
into the nosecone
•
Inadequate aspiration
•
Lower than expected handpiece power
output
6. Remove the handpiece from the torque base.
7. Locate the o-rings for the handpiece you are
assembling:
Large o-ring
Small o-ring
8. Slide the larger o-ring over the connecting
body and into the groove in the neck of the
handpiece. Slide the smaller o-ring into the
groove in the metal connecting body.
Attaching a Nosecone and Flue:
1. Holding the handpiece, insert the tip into the
nosecone.
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2
23 kHz
36 kHz
black
white
green
blue
EN
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