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Precaution and contraindication
• Please carefully check patient’s conditions in advance to the measurement if he /
she is under dialysis therapy or on anticoagulants, antiplatelets or steroids. Use of
this instrument under such conditions could cause internal bleeding.
• Do not use this product along with implantable and wearable medical electrical
equipment such as pacemaker, defibrillator, or electrocardiographic monitor.
• This product is not also intended to be used with HF surgical equipment.
• Do not use this product in an explosive environment such as near flammable
anesthetics or inside oxygen chamber.
• The system may fail to yield specified measurement accuracy if operated or stored
in temperature or humidity conditions outside the limits stated in the specifications
section of this manual.
• Do not use cuffs or accessories other than those specified by the manufacturer.
Otherwise, correct measurement readings cannot be obtained.
• Use of this product in areas near mobile phones, microwave ovens or other devices
with strong electromagnetic field may cause malfunctions.
• Do not apply the cuff over wounded arm, arm under an intravascular access or
therapy or an arterio-venous shunt, or arm on the side of a mastectomy. Otherwise
injury may be resulted.
• Make sure that inflation of the cuff is not causing prolonged impairment of blood
circulation. Also, be cautious about temporary loss of the functions of any other
medical equipment if any monitoring equipment is used on the same limb with the
blood pressure measuring cuff.
• To avoid harmful injury due to interfered blood flow from cuff inflation,
- Make sure that AIR TUBE is not kinking before measurement. Otherwise, cuff
inflation may not be conducted properly and prolonged, and
- Do not make measurements repeatedly.
• To avoid any possibility of accidental strangulation, keep this product away from
children and do not drape AIR TUBE around your neck.
• Because the product includes precision parts, avoid extreme temperature variations,
humidity, shock, dust, and direct sunlight. Do not drop or strike the product. Make
sure not to expose it to moisture. This product is not water resistant.