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User Guide
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Your New ICS Impulse System
Congratulations! You are now the owner of a sophisticated new ICS Impulse system developed in collaboration with Drs.
Ian Curthoys, Michael Halmagyi and others at University of Sydney.
To assist you in getting the most out of the ICS Impulse system, we have included a user guide, online reference manual
and a training video. We hope you find it easy to use and that your use of the incorporated tips and information results in
improved data collection accuracy as it relates to your assessment of vestibular-related disorders, test results, reporting,
and patient information retrieval.
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Device description
ICS Impulse is a monocular video goggle with built-in gyroscopes that allow for the measurement of eye and head move-
ment. The ICS Impulse is operated from the OTOsuite Vestibular software.
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With ICS Impulse you can perform the head impulse test
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With ICS Impulse you can assess the anterior, posterior and lateral semicircular canals
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With ICS Impulse you can video record the eye and the room (using the synchronized room video) and play back the
videos synchronously
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Intended use
Users: to be used only by qualified medical personnel with prior knowledge of the medical and scientific facts underlying
the procedure.
Use: used in the assessment of patients with complaints of dizziness, disequilibrium, and vertigo. The assessment of the ves-
tibular-ocular reflex (VOR) is performed by measuring, recording, displaying, and analyzing eye and head movements.
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Typographical conventions
The use of Warning, Caution and Note
For safety reasons and appropriate use of the device and/or software, the manual contains
These headings are used as follows:
Warning
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Caution
Indicates that there is a risk of injury to the user or patient or risk of damage to data or the device.
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Indicates that there is risk of death or serious injury to the user or patient.
Warnings
Cautions
Notes
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