Thymatron
®
System IV Instructions for Use
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5% increments). Stop rotating the dial at the desired PERCENT ENERGY setting. A 1-second display then
appears of the charge (mC) that corresponds to the PERCENT ENERGY setting, followed by a return to the
PERCENT ENERGY number.
NOTE: The stimulus dose in mC that corresponds to any PERCENT ENERGY figure shown in the L.E.D. can
be viewed again for 1 second by rotating the PERCENT ENERGY dial to either side and then back again.
Because stimulus duration is limited to a maximum of 8 seconds, the higher PERCENT ENERGY settings may
not be available when the user selects pulsewidth or frequency values at the lower end of their ranges. Whenever
the PERCENT ENERGY setting for a given pulsewidth and frequency would deliver a stimulus exceeding 8
seconds, the message “>8 S” will appear.
However, all the factory-programmed preset programs shown in the next paragraph will work at all PERCENT
ENERGY settings.
Table 1 in Addendum VII shows all the standard dosages and stimulus parameters for each PERCENT
ENERGY setting.
STIMULUS PROGRAMS: FACTORY PROGRAMMED
There are 5 factory set stimulus programs. The “LOW” programs automatically adjust the frequency to provide
the longest stimulus duration available for a given PERCENT ENERGY setting; providing the optimum
stimulus for each dose. The LOW 0.5 program is the only preset program that will show as “PRESET” on the
front panel L.E.D. All of these factory set programs can go to 100% and 504 millicoulombs where available.
DGX Reproduces the standard stimulus of the Thymatron® DGx
LOWEST Automatically adjusts parameters to provide the lowest charge rate
LOW 0.25 Fixed 0.25/0.3 ms pulsewidth varies frequency to maximize duration (1 – 100%)
LOW 0.5 Fixed 0.5 ms pulsewidth, varies frequency to maximize duration
INTERMIT Intermittent pulse-volley stimulus mimics the Siemens Konvulsator
Please see
Addendum VII
for the Program Tables for the frequencies, pulse widths, pulse numbers and
durations for each Energy setting.
STIMULUS PROGRAM SELECTION
Any standard (factory-programmed) setting can be selected using the procedure listed below. Or, to quickly
change programs without the FlexDial™, press, hold in and rotate the PERCENT ENERGY dial. Releasing it
selects the program displayed.
FLEXDIAL™ PROGRAMS DGX, LOWEST, LOW 0.25/0.3, LOW 0.5, INTERMIT, USER