Responsive Neurostimulator System
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RNS
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System User Manual
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If possible, temporarily disable stimulation using a programmer.
During the procedure:
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Use of bipolar electrocautery is recommended and should be considered, whenever
possible.
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Keep the electrocautery tip more than 2 cm (approximately one inch) from the
implanted device.
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The selected output power of the electrocautery unit should be as low as possible
for the relevant application and not used for greater than 10 seconds in any one
burst.
After the procedure:
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If stimulation was temporarily disabled before the procedure, re-enable stimulation
with the programmer and synchronize the programmer with the PDMS.
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Advise the patient to contact their healthcare provider as soon as possible if they
have questions or suspect their device is not functioning properly after any medical
procedure.
Precaution: Dental Therapy and Procedures
Dental therapy and procedures that do not involve any of the procedures in the
contraindications or warnings sections of this manual should be performed with
caution. The dentist or dental technician should be informed that the patient is
implanted with the RNS
®
System.
Advise the patient to contact their healthcare provider as soon as possible if they have
questions or suspect their device is not functioning properly after any medical
procedure.
The following medical procedures may be performed without affecting the RNS
®
System
:
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Diagnostic x-rays
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Diagnostic ultrasound
Precaution: Other Active Implanted Medical Devices
RNS
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System interactions with other active implantable medical devices (such as
pacemakers, defibrillators, implanted spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulators,
cochlear implants, and vagus nerve stimulators) are not known. Exercise caution when
other implanted devices are operating concurrently with the RNS
®
System. Possible
effects include sensing problems and inappropriate device responses.
Precaution: Incompatibility of NeuroPace
®
Programmer with Other Medical Devices
The effects of using the NeuroPace
®
Programmer to interrogate other electronic,
programmable devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, cochlear implants, and
other neurostimulators or CPAP machines are unknown. It could result in
reprogramming of the other device and therefore, the physicians familiar with each
device should check the programmed parameters of each device before the patient is
discharged and after each programming session of either device.