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Troubleshooting
Angel ® cPRP System Operator’s Manual
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Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
The procedures outlined below are intended to help you identify and correct alarms and
other conditions that may occur during operation of the Angel System .
Alarms and Notifications
Alarm icons appear as buttons in the alarm display area of the Angel System’s Touch Screen Display.
Touching an alarm icon will display the Information Screen containing the description and response
information for that alarm. That information is in the table below. Some alarms have corresponding
instructional videos associated with them that can be viewed from the Information Screen by touching
the Movie icon in the lower-right corner of the screen.
Name Icon Description Response
Air during
empty
If air is unexpectedly detected
in the line during the empty
phase of a processing cycle,
then the pump is paused and
the “ Air during empty ” alarm
is sounded.
Check for breaks or
occlusions in the line and
verify pump header is loaded.
If none are found, then
continue processing it by
touching the green
Resume Button.
Centrifuge
over speed
If the centrifuge speed is
detected to be faster than
commanded, the “ Centrifuge
over speed ” alarm is
sounded.
This alarm may indicate
a hardware failure. If it
continues, contact Arthrex, Inc.
Customer Service.
Centrifuge
under speed
If the centrifuge speed is
detected to be slower than
commanded, the “ Centrifuge
under speed ” alarm is
sounded.
This alarm may indicate
a hardware failure. If it
continues, contact Arthrex, Inc.
Customer Service.
Insufficient fill The “ Insufficient fill ” alarm is
triggered if air is detected
before the desired amount of
whole blood or mixture of blood
and bone marrow has been
pumped into the Variable
Volume Separation Chamber.
Along with the alarm, two
buttons are displayed on the
Run Screen: the “
Process
”
Button and the “ Continue
Filling ” Button.
If more than 40 mL of blood
or mixture of blood and bone
marrow has been pumped
into the Variable Volume
Separation Chamber, continue
processing it by touching the
“ Process ” Button.
Or, if whole blood/bone marrow
is available in the Whole Blood
Compartment and you wish to
continue filling to the desired
volume, check to make sure
there are no breaks or
occlusions in the line and then
press the “ Continue Filling ”
Button to continue the cycle.
Lid Latch
If the Angel System detects that
the Lid Latch is not latched
properly when the Start Button
This alarm may indicate a
hardware failure. If it
continues, contact Arthrex,