Omron Focus PM710-M Instruction Manual page 5

• If your pain does not improve, becomes more than mild, or continues for more
than five days, stop using the device and consult with your physician.
• DO NOT place this device across your chest or near your heart because the
introduction of electrical current into the chest may cause rhythm disturbances
to your heart, which could be lethal.
• DO NOT place the pad near or on cancerous lesions, diseased skin, open
wounds, rashes, swollen, red, infected or inflamed areas or skin eruptions such
as phlebitis, thrombophlebitis and varicose veins.
• DO NOT place the pad over your neck because this could cause severe muscle
spasms resulting in closure of your airway, difficulty in breathing, or adverse
effects on heart rhythm or blood pressure.
• DO NOT place the pad on or near the head, mouth, face, heart or genitals.
• DO NOT use this device when bathing, showering, sleeping, during exercise, in
high humidity or rainy weather or if sweating.
• DO NOT apply stimulation while driving, operating machinery, or during any
activity in which electrical stimulation can put you at risk of injury.
• DO NOT use this device on infants, toddlers, children, pregnant women, persons
incapable of expressing their thoughts or on persons unable to operate the
device by themselves.
• DO NOT use this device while using another TENS device.
• DO NOT apply stimulation in the presence of electric monitoring equipment
such as cardiac monitors and ECG alarms because the equipment may not
operate properly when the device is in use.
• NEVER bend or fold the pad.
• If you have any serious illness, consult with your physician before using this
device.
• Apply the pad ONLY to normal, intact, clean, healthy skin of adult patients.
• For Hospitals and Clinics: Operation in close proximity (e.g. 1 m) to a shortwave
or microwave therapy ME equipment may produce instability to the stimulator
output.
• For Hospitals and Clinics: Simultaneous connection of a patient to high
frequency surgical equipment and this device may result in burns at the site of
the stimulator electrodes and possible damage to the stimulator.
Important Safety Information
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