maxium® smart C Electrosurgery Unit with maxium® smart Beam
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Argon Cut
The Argon Cut current corresponds to the Pure Cut current with additional application of argon. Under an
argon gas atmosphere, this current supports a cutting which causes even less eschar formation than
Pure Cut. The argon gas displaces the oxygen in the thermally induced cutting channel, strongly reducing
tissue carbonization. Such cutting under inert gas produces less combustion products with proportionally
lower release of smoke. In addition to the electrical parameters, after selection of this cutting current the
argon gas flow of the maxium® smart Beam can also be easily adjusted via the user interface of the
maxium® smart C. Using the effect setting, the voltage can be changed and thus the hemostatic effect
slightly varied.
Argon Cut is equipped with a cutting effect regulation adapted to the power settings and varying
commensurately with them. Thus always consistent cutting results are achieved, independent of cutting
depth. The delivered power will usually be well below the selected power level, which is to be understood
only as setting with power reserve. However, the selected power will never be exceeded.
This current can be used universally wherever tissue-conserving work with large-surface active electrodes is
to be done.
Risk of injury from excessive power!
The output power of the Argon Cut current can be set to up to 400 W. At a power of more than 150 W,
the risks of burns described in section 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 will increase. The safety measures described therein
shall be applied with increased diligence. The argon beam increases the risk of the ignition of flammable
substances, see section 5.3, page 23.
When using large-surface capacitive neutral electrodes that do not have direct contact to the patient’s
body, the cutting effect regulation will not work. As a result, the current type is not available when
selecting the Mega Soft NE.
Active accessories to be used with this current must be able to withstand an HF voltage of at least 900 V
(depending on the selected effect).
