6 Product description
ASTOPAD
®
Instructions for Use
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Together with a pressure-relieving gel pad or a conventional visco-elastic OR ta-
ble pad, the ASTOPAD applied part COV helps to prevent hypothermia and to re-
lieve pressure in the surgical field. It should, however, be noted that the ASTO-
PAD applied part COV is placed over the gel pad to prevent the patient from cool-
ing down due to the cold gel pad. This transfers the heat to the patient as soon as
the ASTOPAD is started. A long warm-up time for the gel pad is not needed.
ASTOPAD does not regulate the patient’s actual body temperature and does not
display it. It only shows the current temperature of the active applied part.
Temperature regulation of the ASTOPAD applied parts is performed with several
integrated sensors.
Safety of the ASTOPAD is ensured by the following measures for each output:
Several temperature sensors for each applied part
Double independent sensor monitoring
Heater monitoring
Time shut-off
Visual and acoustic alarm signals
Overheating and low-temperature alarm if the contact surface tempera-
ture deviates from the temperature controller setting
