Erbe ERBOTOM ICC 350 M, Instruction Manual

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The footswitch or Auto Start is used for activation.
In the Auto Start mode, the HF generator is automatically activated if both poles of the bipolar
coagulation instruments used contact electrically conductive tissue simultaneously. Auto Start
can occur either immediately at the moment of contact with the tissue or more or less temporally
delayed. With immediate activation, it is possible to work very quickly, especially if several
coagulations must be performed one after another. Delayed activation offers the operator the
advantage that he/she can prepare and securely grasp the tissue to be coagulated with the bipolar
coagulation forceps before the HF generator is automatically activated. Automatic activation of
the HF generator only occurs if both poles of the bipolar coagulation instruments contact the
tissue uninterruptedly for at least as long as the respectively selected delay lasts. If the contact is
interrupted before the respectively selected period of delay is over, the respective period of
delay restarts as of the next contact.
Deactivation can proceed either via the pedal (however only if it was also activated via the
pedal), or via Auto Stop. In the Auto Stop mode, the HF generator is automatically deactivated
as soon as the electric resistance of the coagulum increases due to vapor formation. In this way,
the coagulation process is stopped for the coagulum dries out or even carbonizes. This prevents
the coagulum from adhering to the coagulation electrode and that the coagulation electrode
becomes soiled too quickly.
Programmability of the front panel
In spite of the multiple possibilities for use of the ICC 350, this unit is relatively simple and easy
to operate. This especially applies to the utilization of the memory available in this unit, in
which various front panel settings can be stored.