Verathon AORTASCAN AMI 9700, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Operations & Maintenance Manual: Introduction
SCAN COUNTER FEATURE ON THE SELF TEST SCREEN
The AortaScan AMI 9700 is equipped with a scan counter feature. It counts all scan button pushes captured
by the console. It is designed to enable clinical users or service technicians to determine the number of scans
the device has performed over its lifetime. It counts all scans taken with the instrument, including air scans
and practice scans. The counter advances automatically after each scan.
Please note that the scan counter feature is available only with software version 3.1.0.0 or higher. Some
AortaScan consoles cannot be upgraded to run software version 3.0 or higher. Software updates may be
performed by either logging on to ScanPoint
®
, or by contacting Verathon
®
Customer Care.
The scan counter may be monitored as a part of a regular device maintenance program. The number of scans
appears as a value on the self test screen and the self test printout.
To ensure reliability, a backup copy of the scan count is stored in device memory. If both the scan counter
and its backup copy are corrupted, the scan counter will automatically reset to a zero value.
The scan counter feature is designed so that the value cannot be manually reset or modified by the clinical
user or service partner.
PRINTING THE SCAN COUNT FROM THE SELF TEST SCREEN
Once the self‑test screen is accessed, data on the screen are printed automatically using the instrument’s
onboard printer.
Figure 8. Printout of Self Test Screen