Summary of Contents for Boston Scientific VERCISE GEVIA
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USING YOUR VERCISE GEVIA ™ CHARGING SYSTEM A QUICK START GUIDE FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS This Quick Start Guide is not meant as a replacement for the Vercise™ DBS Charger Handbook. All information from the Handbook should be well understood before using the charger.
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Charging Your Vercise Gevia System ™ is a Piece of Cake. The Vercise Gevia™ Deep Brain Stimulation system comes with up to 15 years of battery life.* *Battery life is dependent on stimulation settings and conditions.
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An Overview of the Charger Indicator Light Power...
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Charging Your Device is as Easy as 1–2–3! • The charging system is simple and easy to use. • The charging collar is completely cordless, so you can enjoy full mobility while charging your device. • You can decide when and where you charge your device.
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All You Need to Charge Your Vercise Gevia ™ Stimulator Is: A power supply The base station The charger The charging collar and accompanying counterweight...
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1. Charge Your Charger Plug the base station into a power outlet and place the charger in the base station. A yellow light will appear on the charger. This means the charging is in process. Please note that as long as the yellow light shows, the charger is only partially charged.
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2. Place the Charger Within Your Charging Collar Once sufficiently charged, remove the charger from the base station. Before you place your charger in your charging collar, make sure to switch your charger on, using the circular power button in the middle of the charger.
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3. Position the Collar to Align the Charger with Your Stimulator Move the collar slightly up and down and from side to side until it is resting over your stimulator. If you need to, you can change the collar length to the right size for you using the Velcro adjusters.
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30–60 minutes. • Check your battery status with your Vercise Gevia™ remote control: As long as your charger isn’t currently charging your stimulator, your Vercise Gevia™ remote control will show your stimulator’s battery status. Whenever this is low, your stimulator should be charged as soon as possible.
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Patients should operate motorized vehicles or potentially dangerous machinery with caution. It is unknown if the device may hurt an unborn baby. Your doctor may be able to provide additional information on the Boston Scientific Vercise DBS System. For complete indications for use, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and side effects, call 833-DBS-INFO or 833-327-4636.
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