ForceTriad User’s Guide
vii
Conventions Used in this Guide
.......................................................................................................................... iii
Warranty
.................................................................................................................................................................. iv
Chapter 1. ForceTriad Energy Platform Overview and General Features
ForceTriad Energy Platform Front Panel
.......................................................................................................... 1-2
Introduction
............................................................................................................................................................ 1-2
System Conventions
............................................................................................................................................ 1-3
Touchscreens
.............................................................................................................................................. 1-3
Common Symbols
...................................................................................................................................... 1-3
Power Modes
........................................................................................................................................................ 1-5
Monopolar Modes
....................................................................................................................................... 1-5
Bipolar Modes
............................................................................................................................................. 1-5
LigaSure Mode
............................................................................................................................................ 1-6
Chapter 2. Patient and Operating Room Safety
General
.................................................................................................................................................................. 2-2
Setting Up the System
...............................................................................................................................2-2
Fire/Explosion Hazard
................................................................................................................................ 2-4
Energy Platform
.......................................................................................................................................... 2-5
Active instruments
...................................................................................................................................... 2-6
Pacemakers and ICDs
...............................................................................................................................2-6
After Surgery
............................................................................................................................................... 2-7
Monopolar
.............................................................................................................................................................. 2-7
Patient Return Electrodes
......................................................................................................................... 2-8
Inadvertent Radio Frequency (RF) Burns
............................................................................................... 2-8
Bipolar
.................................................................................................................................................................... 2-9
LigaSure
................................................................................................................................................................2-9
LigaSure in Laparoscopic Procedures
..................................................................................................2-10
Servicing
..............................................................................................................................................................2-11
Shunt Cords
........................................................................................................................................................2-11
Procedures Where Conductive Fluid is Introduced into the Surgical Site
................................................2-11
Laparoscopic Procedures
.................................................................................................................................2-12
Chapter 3. System Setup
Setup
...................................................................................................................................................................... 3-2
Before Startup
............................................................................................................................................. 3-2
Powering Up the ForceTriad Energy Platform
....................................................................................... 3-2
System Functions
................................................................................................................................................. 3-2
Adjusting Display Brightness
.................................................................................................................... 3-2
Activation Log
.............................................................................................................................................. 3-2
Summary of Contents for ForceTriad
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