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Product Information
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maintenance and training. Therefore products are designed and manufactured to comply with
relevant guidelines for environmental protection. As long as the product is properly operated
and maintained, it presents no environmental risks.
However, the product may contain material, which could be harmful to the environment if
disposed of incorrectly. Use of such material is essential to performing the functions of the
product, and to meeting statutory and other requirements.
NOTE:
The following information regarding proper disposal is valid in the European
Union. For locations outside of the European Union, please contact your local authorities
or dealer and ask for the correct method of disposal.
For proper treatment, recovery, and recycling, please take these products to designated
collection points where they will be accepted on a free-of-charge basis. Alternatively, in some
countries, you may be able to return your products to your local retailer upon the purchase of
an equivalent new product.
Disposing of this product correctly will help to save valuable resources and prevent any
potential negative effects on human health and the environment which could otherwise arise
from inappropriate waste handling.
Please contact your local authority for further details of your nearest designated collection
point. Penalties may be applicable for incorrect disposal of this waste in accordance with
national legislation.
Passing the Product on to Another User
If this product passes to another user, it must be in its complete state, including all product
support documentation. Make the new user aware of the support services that the
manufacturer provides for installing, commissioning and maintaining the product.
Before passing on the product or taking it out of service, all patient data must be backed up
(elsewhere if necessary) and unrecoverable data be deleted on the product. It must be
remembered by all existing users that passing on medical electrical products to new users
may create serious technical, medical and legal (e.g. privacy) risks. Such risks can arise even
if the product is given away.
Existing users are strongly advised to seek advice from their local dealer representative
before committing themselves to passing on any product. Once the product has been passed
on to a new user, a previous user may still receive important safety-related information, such
as bulletins and field change orders. In many jurisdictions, there is a clear duty on the
previous user to communicate such safety-related information to new users. Previous users
who are not able or prepared to do this should inform the manufacturer about the new user,
so that safety-related information can be provided to the new user.