Selecting Anaesthetic Agent - Dräger Cato Instructions For Use Manual

Preparing for use
Checking readiness for operation with checklist

Selecting anaesthetic agent

Selecting anaesthetic agent
The machine automatically identifies the newer Vapor
models with code for
halothane, enflurane and isoflurane,
sevoflurane and desflurane.
Sevoflurane and desflurane are only identified by
equipment built after July 1994 or which has been
upgraded.
Uncoded Vapors must be selected via the configuration
menu on the monitor.
The setting »no anaesth. gas« must be selected in
the configuration menu for ventilation without volatile
anaesthetic. This setting is activated automatically if a
Vapor is not connected.
The plug-in system of the new Vapor models features an
optical code allowing the machine to identify the Vapor:
– when the equipment is started up
– when the Vapor is changed during operation.
Incorrect anaesthetics are not detected!
However, the user can quite deliberately select a
different Vapor instead of that identified automatically.
The following advisory message is then displayed in
the alarm field on the monitor:
»AGT NOT SEL !«
If the Vapor has not been encoded:
The message
»Vapor not identified«
is displayed in the user advisory field of the configuration
menu in »standby« mode.
Set the appropriate anaesthetic for the Vapor used.
If a Vapor has not been connected:
The message
»Vapor not present«
is displayed in the user advisory field of the configuration
menu in »standby« mode.
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