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TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Document Version 3.2 December 2018 Document Number: 760-00047 B01...
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TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Table of Contents General Safety Messages/Product Overview General Safety Messages Product Overview Intended Use and Indications for Use Before the Exam Connect the Stethoscope Tip User Role: Performing Guided and Unguided Exams Exam Menu Guided Exams...
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TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide General Safety Messages/Product Overview Warning: Users must have a basic understanding of smartphone operation to ensure proper use of the product. Warning: Users must have sufficient vision and hearing to follow the prompts on the product to ensure proper use.
The type of user role, guided or unguided, is defined by the System Administrator when your user was created. Contact the System Administrator of your TytoCare system to determine whether your user is defined as Guided or Unguided, or in case you wish to change your user role.
Exam Menu Exam Menu Note: Refer to the TytoPro™ General Operation User Guide for preliminary instructions on logging in to the system and viewing the Exam menu. To start one of the Tyto Stethoscope exams, please select the relevant exam from the exams...
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams Guided Exams Heart Exam and Lungs Exam To avoid confusion between left and right sides, in the Heart exam and the Lungs exam you will first be asked to confirm which is the patient’s right arm. This will help you in positioning the stethoscope correctly on the correct points.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams Using the Tyto Stethoscope for Heart and Lungs When using and placing the Tyto Stethoscope on the body, please take special care to note the placement positioning — the left or right side — as indicated by the software. ...
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TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams If it turns yellow or isn’t displayed, check that you’re in the right spot and that Tyto is attached properly to the body. Tyto will alert you If there are interfering noises during the recording, such as voices talking,...
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams Reduce Pressure Move on to the Next Examination Point Once the countdown is over and the point recording is complete, Tyto device labels the point with a green label, and the exam moves automatically to the next measurement point in the sequence.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams Front & Back Body Lungs Exam [4 points] Redoing an Examination Point Once the countdown ends, Tyto analyzes the recording. If the recording needs improvement, try again. Tyto will recommend how to improve.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams Heart Rate Exam In the Heart Rate exam, place the Tyto Stethoscope on the middle of the chest (on the sternum), as indicated on the device and App. Tap START on the device to begin the exam.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Guided Exams Completing the Exam Once you have collected data from all measurement points, tap (DONE) to complete the exam. The Exams screen will show the completed exam in purple (Heart and Heart Rate exams in this example) to indicate that data was collected.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Unguided Exams Connecting Headphones to the Device To listen to the auscultation sounds directly, connect headphones to the Tyto device audio jack, which is located at the bottom of the device, usually covered by a rubber band, as shown in the images below.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Lungs Exam Tap LUNGS to begin the examination. The device will immediately begin to record lungs auscultations. The red blinking dot, located at the upper-right corner of the device, as well as in the App, indicates that sound recording is activated.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Lung Lobes Tagging Example of an exam where LUL was examined at least once, and LLL is being examined now. To indicate where on the chest or back you are placing the Tyto Stethoscope (which lung lobe you are currently listening to), press on the appropriate tag (LUL, RUL, etc.) to indicate the area of...
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Volume and Sound Filters To access the Advanced Clinician options of the device Settings menu, swipe down on the device. These settings can be used to change the default audio filters. The default audio filter for heart / heart rate exam is Bell and for lungs exam is Diaphragm.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Completing the Lungs Exam When you have performed the necessary auscultations, and have recorded all necessary locations on back and front, tap (DONE) on the device. This will stop the sound recording and exit the Lungs exam.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Heart Exam Tap Heart to begin the examination. The device will immediately begin to record heart auscultations. The red blinking dot, located at the upper-right corner of the device, as well as in the App, indicates that sound recording is activated: Tyto Device.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Heart Auscultation Areas Tagging To indicate on which heart auscultation area (heart valve) you place the Tyto Stethoscope, tap on the appropriate tag (Aortic, Pulmonary, Tricuspid or Mitral). This tagging is essential to allow the diagnosing physician, who will listen to the recorded sound remotely, to know which auscultation area he is listening to at a given moment.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Volume and Sound Filters To access the Advanced Clinician options of the device Settings menu, swipe down on the device. These settings can be used to change the default audio filters. The default audio filter for heart / heart rate exam is Bell and for lungs exam is Diaphragm.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams Finishing the Heart Exam When you have completed the necessary heart auscultations, and have recorded all necessary locations, tap (DONE) on the device. This will stop the recording and exit the Heart exam.
TytoPro Tyto Stethoscope User Guide Unguided Exams General Audio Exam The general Audio exam enables general body auscultation, such as for bowel sounds, carotid blood flow (bruit) sounds, etc. The Audio exam is accessed using the second screen of the exam selection in the device (next to the Skin exam).
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