Welch Allyn
®
WAM™ PC
W
IRELESS
A
CQUISITION
M
ODULE WITH
EMORY
USER MANUAL
Manufactured by Welch Allyn. Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY USA
CAUTION: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
Page 1: ...Allyn WAM PC WIRELESS ACQUISITION MODULE WITH MEMORY USER MANUAL Manufactured by Welch Allyn Inc Skaneateles Falls NY USA CAUTION Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a phys...
Page 2: ...ows are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners For patent information please visit www welchallyn com patents For information about any Welch Allyn product visit https www welc...
Page 3: ...FACTURER S DECLARATION ELECTROMAGNETIC IMMUNITY 8 WARRANTY INFORMATION 11 YOUR WELCH ALLYN WARRANTY 11 USER SAFETY INFORMATION 12 EQUIPMENT SYMBOLS AND MARKINGS 15 CARE AND MAINTENANCE 16 PRECAUTIONS...
Page 4: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2 ACQUIRING ECG WAVEFORMS 23...
Page 5: ...eference number on the back of the device Care should be taken so that these numbers are not defaced For questions and service information have both serial and part numbers available when calling The...
Page 6: ...ications Commission FCC The device with its antenna complies with FCC s RF exposure limits for general population uncontrolled exposure FCC Warning Part 15 21 Changes or modifications not expressly ap...
Page 7: ...erased from the device nor stored in the receiving application ensuring that partial or corrupted data are not made available to the receiving application If the failure mode persists the user should...
Page 8: ...can affect the performance of medical equipment See the table below for recommended separation distances between the radio equipment and the device The use of accessories and cables other than those s...
Page 9: ...supply lines 1 kV for input output lines 2 kV for power supply lines 1 kV for input output lines Mains power quality should be that of a typical commercial or hospital environment Surge IEC 61000 4 5...
Page 10: ...r and d is the recommended separation distance in meters m Field strengths from fixed RF transmitters as determined by an electromagnetic site surveya should be less than the compliance level in each...
Page 11: ...aximum Output Power of Transmitter W Separation Distance According to Frequency of Transmitter m 150 KHz to 800 MHz 800 MHz to 2 5 GHz P d 2 1 P d 3 2 0 01 0 1 m 0 2 m 0 1 0 4 m 0 7 m 1 1 2 m 2 3 m 10...
Page 12: ...ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY EMC Page 10...
Page 13: ...er charges with respect to any Product s returned to Welch Allyn s principal place or any other place as specifically designated by Welch Allyn or an authorized distributor or representative of Welch...
Page 14: ...arm to users patients and bystanders or damage to the device To maintain designed operator and patient safety peripheral equipment and accessories used that can come in direct patient contact must be...
Page 15: ...e of strong electromagnetic sources such as electro surgery equipment Use only recommended battery cells Use of other cells may present a risk of fire or explosion Low battery warning function is desi...
Page 16: ...ce See ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY EMC for guidance Do not sterilize the device or patient cables with Ethylene Oxide EtO gas Improper cleaning products and processes can damage the device produce b...
Page 17: ...art Acquire 12 Lead ECG waveforms button Power on off button Battery orientation with notification see operating instructions for type of cell to be used Do not dispose as unsorted municipal waste Per...
Page 18: ...dium hypochlorite 50 000 ppm free chlorine use nothing more concentrated than a 10 bleach solution 1 10 dilution or 1 part bleach to 9 parts water yielding 5 000 ppm free chlorine as recommended by th...
Page 19: ...to its memory Once it has 60 seconds of data it is placed near a computer with a USB Transceiver Key UTK A software application is used to wirelessly copy the waveforms from the module After the wavef...
Page 20: ...amples second channel acquisition 1 000 samples second channel analysis and storage Voltage Resolution 1 875 microvolts User Interface Power and acquisition buttons Feedback with orange green LED and...
Page 21: ...ed to the computer Each WAM PC can only be paired with one UTK and each UTK can only be paired with one WAM PC Pairing is normally a one time setup task but it can be performed again when necessary Pa...
Page 22: ...ired when the electrodes are placed on the patient in the correct positions Refer to Electrode Positions WARNING Incorrect electrode placement could alter the ECG waveforms enough to cause ECG signal...
Page 23: ...Green Midway between V2 C2 and V4 C4 electrodes Blue Brown On the 5 th intercostal space at the left midclavicular line Orange Black Midway between V4 C4 and V6 C6 electrodes Violet Violet On the lef...
Page 24: ...aveforms into memory Flashing Green 2 ticks per second Acquiring new waveforms into memory but a lead wire has become disconnected Solid Green Waveforms have been stored in memory It is not ready to a...
Page 25: ...ng between Orange and Green it is ready to acquire new waveforms but one or more of the lead wires are disconnected from the patient c Solid Orange it is ready to acquire new waveforms and all the lea...
Page 26: ...ime the WAM PC will automatically clear its memory and make itself ready to acquire new waveforms It will beep two times a second while it clears memory It will remain on and the LED will either be so...
