Nellcor OXIMAX N-595 Service Manual page 30

Performance Verification
Operation with a
Live Subject
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7. Slowly move the sensor LED in proximity to the photo detector element
of the sensor (close the sensor slowly). Verify, as the LED approaches the
optical sensor, that the LED intensity decreases.
8. Open the sensor and notice that the LED intensity increases.
9. Repeat step 7 and the intensity will again decrease. This variation is an
indication that the microprocessor is in proper control of LED intensity.
10. Press the POWER ON/OFF button to turn the monitor off.
Patient monitoring involves connecting the sensor to a live subject for a
qualitative test.
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1. Sensor Port
1. Ensure that the monitor is connected to an AC power source.
2. Connect a DOC-10 pulse oximetry cable to the monitor sensor port.
3. Connect a Nellcor O
oximetry cable.
4. Clip the MAX-A to the subject as recommended in the sensor's directions
for use.
5. Press the POWER ON/OFF button to turn the monitor on and verify that
the monitor is operating.
M MAX-A oxygen transducer to the pulse
XI AX