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Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform User’s Guide
Monopolar Electrodes
Monopolar Default Settings
Restore to the Last Settings Used
Use the Restore button to enter the settings when the system was last powered down.
The Restore button can be used prior to and after insertion of the instrument.
1. Press the
Restore
button. A dialog box appears indicating the current settings will be
replaced with those from the last time the energy platform was powered down.
All quadrants are populated with previous settings for each.
2. Press
OK
to confirm the use of the last settings
Inserting an instrument highlights the corresponding quadrant.
VALLEYLAB Mode Functionality
Covidien instruments featuring the VALLEYLAB mode—a unique combination of
hemostasis and dissection—are specialty devices providing output control from the sterile
field. Some have a sliding power control on the instrument that enables direct adjustments
to power output during surgery.
These output modes, if available on the instrument, are selected at the handset with the
following buttons:
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The yellow CUT button enables a cutting function.
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The clear VALLEYLAB button enables a hemostasis function while providing dissection.
•
The blue COAG button enables a coagulation function.
If available on the instrument, a dual slider control adjusts power output in all available
modes.
Note:
Monopolar 1 does not support VALLEYLAB mode and Force TriVerse.
Note:
When a Force TriVerse instrument is inserted, the screen changes from the default
two-button instrument display to the Force TriVerse edit state in which the screen
brightens and controls are highlighted.
Monopolar Instrument
Default
Two-button Pencil
PURE CUT (CUT mode) and FULGURATE (COAG mode)
Power setting defaults to disabled (--)
Force TriVerse
PURE CUT, VALLEYLAB, COAG
Power setting is 1 power bar
CUT mode is on (enabled)
