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Correcting Malfunctions
Tr
oubleshooting
Force FX Electrosurgical Generator C User’s Guide
7-9
Pacemaker interference.
Intermittent connections or
metal-to-metal sparking.
Check the active and patient
return electrode cord
connections.
It may be necessary to
reprogram the pacemaker.
Current traveling from active
to return electrode during
monopolar electrosurgery is
passing too close to
pacemaker.
Use bipolar instruments, if
possible.
If you must use a monopolar
instrument, place the patient
return electrode as close as
possible to the surgical site.
Make sure the current path
from the surgical site to the
patient return electrode does
not pass through the vicinity
of the heart or the site where
the pacemaker is implanted.
Always monitor patients with
pacemakers during surgery
and keep a defibrillator
available.
Consult the pacemaker
manufacturer or hospital
Cardiology Department for
further information when use
of electrosurgical appliances is
planned in patients with
cardiac pacemakers.
Internal Cardiac
Defibrillator (ICD)
activation.
ICD is activated by
electrosurgical generator.
Stop the procedure and
contact the ICD manufacturer
for instructions.
Situation
Possible Cause
Solution
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