Bowa TissueSeal COMFORT, Instructions For Use Manual

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5 Operation
MN031-543-S0 EN TissueSeal / TissueSeal PLUS COMFORT 19
WARNING
Risk of patient injury due to hot electrode surfaces and
vapor emission!

Maintain sufficient distance between the tips of the
instrument and sensitive tissue structures, such as the
pancreas or intestine.

Ensure that hot ligation instruments are not used for
preparation.

Do not lay the ligation instrument on the patient.
Grasping, clamping and sealing tissue
WARNING
Risk of patient injury due to inadvertent activation of the
ligation instrument!

Never use the AUTOSTART function.

Do not switch on the HF current before the active
electrodes are in contact with the tissue to be
coagulated and the ratchet is closed.
1. Place the jaws A on the operating site.
2. Place the tissue to be sealed between the electrodes of the jaws
A .
3. Close the jaws A to grasp the tissue. Do not grasp too much
tissue.

The tissue is grasped.
4. Use the two-position ratchet of the handle
B
to adjust the
pressure on the tissue to best match the amount of grasped
tissue.

The tissue is clamped.