Vatech PaX-Primo, User Manual

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16. Have the patients close their lips and rest their tongue at the bottom of their mouth
throughout the exposure cycle.
17. Position the head of the patient to
properly align their Frankfort plane with
the horizontal laser beam. For proper
positioning, adjust in which way the
patient’s head is tilted by adjust the
unit slightly upward or downward using
the column up/down switch. The
Frankfort plane is the line from the
infra-orbital point to the superior edge of the External Auditory Meatus (EAM).
18. Ensure that the patient’s eyes are closed. Ask the patient to remain still, swallow and
place the tongue in contact with the palate and to breathe through the nose.
19. Make sure that adjusting the patient positioning is complete
5.2.3 Preparing for launch of X-Ray
Go to the clause ‘5.1.3 preparing for launch of X-Ray’ to follow the same procedures.
5.2.4 Launching the exposure
Go to the subchapter 5.1.5 for these procedures