KCI Cellutome, Instructions For Use Manual

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HARVESTING INSTRUCTIONS
The harvester is provided sterile.
1. Prepare donor site by shaving or clipping hair in a 10 cm square at the donor site if needed.
Rigorously wipe area with alcohol.
2. Open the disposable harvester package.
3. With the blue handle oriented up, position the harvester on the patient’s inner thigh, centered
on the area of prepared skin, then secure with the integrated strap. Confirm complete contact
with donor site by ensuring skin can be seen in all of the microdome grid holes in the harvester.
Reposition if necessary.
4. Ensure that the vacuum head tubing is plugged into the control unit, the control unit is plugged
into the wall and that the Status Indicator light is amber. Refer to the CelluTome™ Epidermal
Harvesting System User Manual for more details.
5.
Press the blue latches to detach the vacuum head and remove it from the control unit.
6. With the tubing facing up, place the vacuum head onto the harvester, and push until the vacuum
head snap fits onto the harvester. Ensure that the vacuum head is securely latched to the
harvester.
7. Press Start / Pause button to begin the suction microdome raising process. The Status Indicator
light will flash green. If needed, press the Start / Pause button again to momentarily pause the
suction microdome raising process.
8. Once the timer beeps, check the microdomes to
see if they are all ready to harvest - raised, clear
and shiny. (Fig.1)
9. If the system was paused and microdomes are
not ready to harvest, press the
Start / Pause
button to continue the process.
Harvester
Microdome Grid
Handle
Strap
Latches
Microdome
Viewing Windows
Vacuum Head
Fig. 1