Patient Positioning
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Instruction manual Operating table TruSystem 7000 – 1 730 263 – 11/2016
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Patient Positioning
Cover the operating table with absorbent towels prior to use.
Normal patient
position
The patient's head is at the head end of the operating table top. The
indicator for the head position at the column keypad lights up
according to the head position of the patient.
CAUTION!
Risk of personal injury. Hazard to the patient due to improper
positioning!
The patient must lie centered, completely and securely on the
operating table top, so that the weight is evenly distributed over the
operating table top. The patient's arms or legs must not extend
beyond the end of the operating table top in the longitudinal
direction.
CAUTION!
Risk of personal injury. Hazard to the patient due to incorrect
loading!
Incorrect loading can break the section segments off the operating
table top or cause the operating table to tip over!
– Do not climb onto or down from the operating table over the
section segments.
– Patients may only get on or off in the area of the support column,
using the seat section.
– Do not sit on the section segments.
[21] Head end of the operating table top
[22] Foot end of the operating table top