Thymatron
®
System IV Instructions for Use
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EEG SEIZURE MONITORING
1. The Audible
EEG
™ seizure monitor
2. The EEG paper recording
3. The Ictal Line™ seizure indicator
4. The EEG endpoint and indexes determined values
AUDIBLE EEG™ SEIZURE MONITOR
This feature operates automatically when the “TREAT” button is pressed and released. The knob marked
“VOLUME” on the back panel controls the volume of the tone. To inactivate this feature, turn the volume
control knob all the way counterclockwise.
The pitch of the
Audible EEG
™ signal varies with the amplitude of the EEG. It will waver and warble intensely
and rapidly during the initial tonic phase. It becomes increasingly irregular, with superimposed staccato bursts,
during the clonic phase, and tends to correspond to each muscular contraction. Seizure termination is marked by
a change to a nearly steady tone with little modulation or variability. Each Thymatron® System IV is supplied
with a cassette tape guide for the interpretation of the
Audible EEG
™ seizure monitor.
EEG PAPER RECORDING
1.
Paper EEG recording prior to the treatment stimulus
can be initiated (after the EEG electrodes have been
properly applied) by pressing the “START/STOP” button on the front panel. This will provide a paper record of
the patient’s baseline recording. The printer stops during treatment stimulus administration.
2.
Automatic paper EEG recording
begins or resumes when the treatment stimulus ends. The EEG recording
continues through ictal and postictal periods, until the “START/STOP” button is pressed, which generates the
end-of-treatment report.
NOTE
: Obtaining a paper baseline EEG record does not replace
the baseline EEG collection
procedures
described above.
ICTAL LINE™ SEIZURE INDICATOR
After baseline EEG collection is completed by the Thymatron® System IV and the “READY” message light
appears, a thin black line is printed along the top of the paper recording strip when the EEG amplitude exceeds a
specified baseline value. An unbroken, solid black line reflects continuous seizure activity. A broken or
intermittent line reflects waxing and waning, or intermittent seizure activity. Complete cessation of the black line