Abiomed Impella LD, User Manual

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5 Impella LD
®
Circulatory Support System
CONNECT THE IMPELLA
®
CATHETER
1.
Remove the Impella Catheter from its package using sterile technique
and inspect the catheter, including its connector, for damage.
2. Remove the white connector cable from its package using sterile
technique.
3.
Inspect the cable for damage, including damage to the connector pins
at the controller end.
4.
Secure the grey end of the cable to the sterile field.
5.
Pass the sterile connector cable from the Impella Catheter off the
sterile field.
6.
Line up the notch on the connector cable with the notch in the blue
catheter plug on the front of the Automated Impella Controller and
plug the cable into the controller.
7.
Insert the catheter plug into the connector cable socket (grey end).
The tab and the slot must be aligned during connection.
Connector
Cable Socket
(grey end)
Catheter Plug
8.
Pull back on the connection to make sure that the plug has snapped
into place.
9.
Snap the purge clip (located on the pressure reservoir of the clear
sidearm) to the connector cable.
Note:
Snapping the purge clip on the pressure reservoir to the
connector cable is important to prevent the tube from kinking.
10. If included and you have not already done so, remove and discard
the Y connector with the red and yellow luers from the purge tubing.
Connect and tighten the luers on the end of the purge tubing to the
Impella Catheter sidearms.
11. When the controller detects that the luer is connected, it automatically
begins priming the purge lumen.
ENTER PURGE FLUID DATA
1. After confirming that fluid is exiting the Impella Catheter, enter the
purge fluid information.
2. To select the default values displayed on the screen, press the ACCEPT
soft button. This will select those values and automatically advance to
the next screen. Note: The default purge fluid values will be the purge
fluid values from the last Case Start performed on the Automated
Impella Controller.
3. To change the purge fluid information, press the EDIT soft button,
scroll to the appropriate item and push the selector knob to select it
or use the white arrow soft buttons. Then scroll through the values
and push the selector knob to make a new selection. Press the DONE
button to finish editing. The controller will use the default values if no
other selections are made.
• Purge fluid can be set to 50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL, or 1000
mL.
• Glucose concentration can be set to 5%, 10% or 20%.
• Heparin concentration can be set to 0 IU/ml, 5 IU/ml, 6.25 IU/ml,
10 IU/ml, 12.5 IU/ml, 20 IU/ml, 25 IU/ml, 40 IU/ml, 50 IU/ml.
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