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3) While keeping the patient gently holding the hard ring with the front teeth, instruct the patient to push
up the tongue with the maximum force against the hard palate and compress the balloon for several
seconds.
4) Stop compressing with the signal from the operator, and record the value displayed on
the “MTP”
display of the device as the maximum tongue pressure.
5) After measuring, remove the Tongue Pressure Probe from the patient's mouth.
6) To repeat measuring the same patient, press the Prep/Reset button again to reset the
“MTP” and
“PTP” displays. After that, perform the operations 4.1) to 5) in the same way.
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If the
“PTP” exceeds 1 kPa, the Prep/Reset button becomes invalid, and turn the power off and on again.
5. Complete the measurement
1) Press the power button on the device to turn it off.
2) Disconnect the Tongue Pressure Probe from the Connecting Tube and dispose of properly.
3) If you want to continue measuring the next patient, connect the new Tongue Pressure Probe to the
Connecting Tube and repeat the procedure from step 2.
4) After all patient
s’ measurements are completed, disconnect the Connecting Tube from the device.
5) Attach the connecting tube port cap to the connecting tube port.
Hard palate
Balloon
Push up
In this case, “37.6 kPa” is the
maximum tongue pressure.
End of the measurement
“PTP” display shows real-time tongue pressure.
The Level sign indication display shows a real-time
tongue pressure of 0-50 kPa with 10-part icons.
Approximately 7 seconds should be used for the
compressing time.
