V4.0_2021-05-26
PROGNOST C Instructions for use
5073-0-0002
PROTEC GmbH & Co. KG, In den Dorfwiesen 14, 71720 Oberstenfeld, Germany
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Handling
4.1
Requirements before and during Operation
It must be ensured that the surfaces in contact with patients are disinfected before the X-ray
examination of each patient (see chapter 5.3).
4.2
Operation of the PROGNOST C
4.2.1
Releasing the table top brake (positioning the table top)
By actuating the light barrier with the foot, the brakes of the table top are released, whereby the table
top can be moved floating by hand.
CAUTION!
The corner of the table top are relatively sharp.
When moving the table top horizontally as well as when getting on and off
the patient, the corners of the table top must be observed.
Prior to patient positioning, the X-ray unit must be brought into the required exposure
position.
4.2.2
Positioning the image receptor from the wall stand
By pressing the release button on the wall stand, the brakes for the Grid device are released, the Grid
device can be moved by hand.
4.2.3
Exposures with Mechanics for basic diagnostic X-ray systems
4.2.3.1
Position of patients on the table top
WARNING!
The positioning and support of a patient on the X-ray system table must not
be carried out without an X-ray mattress!
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Move the table to a position in which the patient can climb onto the table surface as easily as
possible.
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Center the table top as much as possible (back/front).
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The patient should take place in the middle of the table top and also leave at this position.
4.2.3.2
Setting the X-ray unit on the mid moving Bucky, Grid entity
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Press the button “Rail Slide” off the brake for the longitudinal motion of the tube stand.
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The handles on both sides of the control arm include.
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Moving the X-ray unit in the longitudinal direction of the Bucky table so unit the moving grid snaps
into the safety coupling.
4.2.3.3
Inserting a cassette into the cassette tray
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A film cassette may be placed into the cassette tray, when the X-ray tube assembly is positioned.
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Pull out the cassette tray by its handle from the Bucky unit until it hits the forward stop.
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The cassette clamps center the cassette transversely within the cassette tray. Rotate its latch
counter clockwise to unlock it.
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Open the cassette clamps far enough to insert a cassette of the desired size.
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At table Bucky insert the cassette, with its transverse centerline aligned with the notch in the
cassette clamps or by engaging the cassette positioner in the size of the cassette corresponding
detent (13 cm, 18 cm, 24 cm, 30 cm, 35 cm, 40 cm or 43 cm), push the cartridge to the cassette
positioner.
