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CAUTIONS:
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SATSHARE SIGNALS ARE IDEAL SIMULATED WAVEFORMS CORRESPONDING
TO THE CALCULATED SATURATION AND PULSE RATE VALUES AND DO NOT
CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN PHYSIOLOGICAL
WAVEFORMS. THE MULTIPARAMETER PATIENT MONITOR DECODES THESE
SIGNALS INTO SATURATION AND PULSE RATE VALUES.
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DURING SATSHARE OPERATION, THE AUDIBLE ALARMS MAY BE MUTED ON
RADICAL. WHEN THE AUDIBLE ALARM IS MUTED (INDICATED BY BELL WITH
SLASH THROUGH IT) ON RADICAL, USE THE MULTIPARAMETER MONITOR
FOR AUDIBLE ALARM INDICATION.
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DURING SATSHARE OPERATION DO NOT USE THE PLETH WAVEFORM
DISPLAY ON THE MULTIPARAMETER MONITOR FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES.
INSTEAD, USE THE PLETH WAVEFORM DISPLAYED ON THE RADICAL
SCREEN.
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TO AVOID EXCESSIVE BATTERY DISCHARGING, DO NOT CONNECT ANY
EQUIPMENT TO THE SATSHARE CONNECTOR UNLESS THE RADICAL IS
CONNECTED TO THE AC MAIN POWER SUPPLY.
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TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY LEVEL DURING DEFIBRILLATION IS
MAINTAINED, MAKE SURE THAT THE SATSHARE CABLE CONNECTOR IS
PROPERLY SECURED AT THE DOCKING STATION.
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ONLY USE A SATSHARE CABLE THAT HAS A FERRITE BEAD INSTALLED.
To return from SatShare operation to normal standalone operation, simply disconnect
the SatShare cable from the patient monitor or disconnect the SatShare cable from the
SatShare connector on the back of the Radical.
H o m e m o d e o p e r a t i o n
The Radical can be placed into the Home Mode to protect unqualified users from
changing the Radical alarm settings and operation. Entering a password does not
automatically reset the Radical to the Normal operating mode. In the Home Mode, a
password is required to access the menu system and the touch key control buttons and
icons.
NOTE:
When the Radical is set to operate in the Home mode the default values that the
Radical reverts to after a power cycle are set according to Section 3, Monitor Setup, with
the exception of the Alarm Silence setting, which is set to the pre-power down setting.
S a t s h a r e o p e r a t i o n
When the SatShare cable is connected to the Radical and to a multiparameter patient
monitor, the Radical automatically starts to operate in the SatShare mode.
In the SatShare mode, Radical operates as follows:
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All visual alarms remain active.
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All audible alarms may be disabled by software configuration of the Radical.
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The SpO
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and pulse rate numbers may or may not be displayed on the Radical
display depending on the SatShare Numbers setting of the General menu.
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All other items are displayed, including the alarm limits, the plethysmogram and
Signal IQ waveform.
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The user can access the menu system.
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If the SatShare cable is connected to the Radical only, and not to a patient monitor,
the SatShare cable type is flashing on the LCD screen.
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Once Radical detects the presence of a patient monitor, the SatShare cable type
remains constantly displayed on the LCD screen.
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Patient Alarms of the multiparameter patient monitor will be triggered by the alarm
setting of the patient monitor and not the Radical. To synchronize the alarm events
set the alarm limits of the Radical to those of the patient monitor, or vice versa.
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Once Radical detects that the SatShare cable is disconnected from the patient
monitor, or if the patient monitor is turned off, Radical automatically returns to normal,
standalone operation.
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In the SatShare mode, the pulse beep tone of the Radical is initially set to the lowest
volume (mute). The pulse beep volume can be manually increased.
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The Radical may automatically set the averaging time during SatShare operation. For
averaging times of 10 seconds and higher, the Radical will automatically set the
averaging time to 8 seconds during SatShare operation. Averaging times of 2, 4 or 8
seconds remain unchanged during SatShare operation. When the Radical returns to
non-SatShare operation, the Radical will maintain the averaging time setting used in
the SatShare mode.
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When the Radical starts to operate in the SatShare mode the sensitivity mode is set
to Normal sensitivity.The sensitivity mode can manually be set to Maximum or APOD
sensitivity.
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While operating in the SatShare mode, the Radical may automatically disable the
SatShare interface if the perfusion index drops below 0.1% while the sensitivity is
set to Max sensitivity. To enable the SatShare interface again, set the Radical to the
Normal or APOD sensitivity mode, increase the perfusion at the measurement site
(by warming the patient or sensor site), or move the sensor to a site with better
perfusion
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