Boston Scientific LATITUDE, Patient Manual

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LATITUDE
® Communicator Patient Manual
English
When to Use Your Communicator
The Communicator performs many functions
automatically on a schedule set by your health care
provider. Other functions need you to respond when
the indicators on the front of the Communicator light or
fl ash. Check the Communicator daily to see if any of
the indicators are lit or fl ashing.
Use the Communicator only as instructed by your
health care provider. The Communicator’s Heart button
(Figure 1 on page 7) will
fl ash if it needs you to
manually complete an interrogation of your implanted
device as scheduled by your health care provider. If
the Heart button is
fl ashing, press it and then watch the
indicators on the Communicator. Call your health care
provider if the Call Doctor icon (Figure 2 on page 8)
is lit.
When Not to Use Your Communicator
The Communicator is designed to work only with your
implanted device. It will not work with another patient’s
implanted device. The Communicator should be used
only as authorized by the prescribing physician. The
Communicator is not for use with any implanted device
other than a Boston Scienti
fi c device.
Ask your health care provider if you have questions
about any risks with using the Communicator or your
implanted device. There is also valuable information
about risks and reliability in the patient handbook for
your implanted device.