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I. FOREWORD
These instructions for use are valid for LARYVOX
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Connect. The instructions for use serve to inform
the physician, nursing staff and patient/user in order to ensure technically correct handling.
Please read
the instructions for use carefully before using the product for the first time!
II. INTENDED USE
A connecting tube can be connected up to LARYVOX
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Connect via an oxygen connecting piece
fitted to the side of the housing, thereby allowing combination with an oxygen source for oxygen therapy.
III. WARNINGS
Care must be taken to ensure that the valve opening is not blocked by clothing or the like in order to enable
unhindered breathing (risk of respiratory distress).
LARYVOX
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Connect are single-patient products and are intended for single use only. LARYVOX
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O
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Connect must not be cleaned or disinfected, as use of cleaning agent/disinfectant renders the product
unusable. Sterilisation and reuse impair the function and are therefore likewise not permissible.
LARYVOX
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Connect must under no circumstances be inserted directly into the tracheostoma!
IV. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
An oxygen connecting piece fitted to the side of the housing (5 mm ISO plug-in connection) enables a
connecting tube to be connected up, thereby allowing combination with an oxygen source.
The plastic housing is equipped on the patient side with a central opening with 15 mm internal diameter,
thereby allowing for connection to a 15 mm standard connector. The external diameter of the end piece/
connector is 22 mm, and is thus also compatible with all commonly used 22 mm receptacle systems.
V. INSTRUCTIONS
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Check whether the packaging and the product are in a faultless condition.
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Check the use-by or expiry date. Do not use after this date.
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Fit ➊ the Laryvox
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Connect vertically onto the 22- or 15-mm connection of the tracheostomy tube
or the base plate, applying gentle pressure.
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An oxygen connecting piece fitted to the side of the housing (5 mm ISO plug-in connection) enables a
connecting tube to be connected up, thereby allowing combination with an oxygen source ➋.
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Remove LARYVOX
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O
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Connect after wearing it for a maximum of 24 hours ➌. To do this, hold the
base plate or the tracheostomy tube with two fingers ➍ and remove LARYVOX
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Connect by tilting
it slightly downward.
VI. SERVICE LIFE
The maximum period of use / wearing period is 24 hours.
VII. LEGAL NOTICES
The manufacturer Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik-Vertrieb GmbH will not accept any liability for damages
(especially not for functional deficiencies, injuries, infections, and/or other complications or adverse
events) caused by unauthorised product alterations, by repairs not performed by the manufacturer or by
improper handling, care (cleaning/disinfection) and/or storage of the products in violation of the provisions
of these instructions for use. This applies – to the extent permitted by law – both to damages to the
products themselves caused thereby and to any consequential damages caused thereby.
Product specifications described herein are subject to change without notice.
LARYVOX
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is a trademark and brand of Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik-Vertrieb GmbH, Cologne
registered in Germany and the EU member states.
LARYVOX
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CONNECT
