Automatic Nibp Measurements (Interval Mode); Canceling An Automatic Nibp Measurement - Datascope Accutorr Plus Service Manual

1.3.4

AUTOMATIC NIBP MEASUREMENTS (Interval Mode)

The Accutorr Plus can be set to au to mat i cally take NIBP mea sure ments. On ini tial
power up, the in ter val set ting will de fault to OFF. The User Con fig u ra tion mode can be
used to set cus tom de faults for the In ter val Mode. See sec tion 1.3.15, User Con fig u ra tion
for de tails. In this mode, the adaptive inflation is always enabled.
Fol low Steps 1 - 4 in the Man ual Pro ce dure, Sec tion 1.3.3, to se lect, at tach and ap ply the
cuff and to ad just the ini tial cuff in fla tion pres sure.
5. Press the IN TER VAL key (34). The cur rent se lec tion is dis played in the In ter val/
Elap.Time/Temp. dis play (33). Press the IN TER VAL key to scroll to the next avail able
in ter val se lec tion. The se lec tions are: Off (—- when set to graphic dis play), CONT
(con tin u ous), 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60, 120 and 240 min utes. When an in ter val
set ting is se lected, ex cept for Off, the In ter val In di ca tor (35) flashes. When the in ter val
mode is ac ti vated the In ter val In di ca tor il lu mi nates con tin u ously.
6. The dis played in ter val time is en tered when the IN TER VAL key has not been pressed
for 15 sec onds or,
when the TIMER/TEMP key (32) is pressed, which changes the dis play back to Elap. Time
or, when the START NIBP key (38) is pressed, which ini ti ates an NIBP mea sure -
ment, ac ti vates the In ter val Mode, and changes the dis play back to Elap. Time.
7. If the START NIBP key (38) has not al ready been pressed, press to take a mea sure ment
and to ac ti vate the in ter val mode. NOTE: If the in ter val time is changed, the START
NIBP key does not need to be pressed for the new in ter val to ini ti ate. When the new
time in ter val has elapsed, a mea sure ment will be taken.
NOTE: When the NIBP con tin u ous in ter val is cho sen, the Accutorr Plus will take back
to back (one right af ter the other) blood pres sure read ings. As a safety pre cau tion, a five
min ute limit is placed on con tin u ous mea sure ments. Af ter 5 min utes, the
will au to mat i cally switch to mea sure ments taken once ev ery 5 min utes. This is done to
re duce the chance of sur face ves sel rup ture (petechia).
If it is desirable to maintain a fixed cuff inflation pressure, the adaptive inflation feature
may be disabled in this "continuous" mode.
1.3.4.1 Can celing an Au to matic NIBP Mea sure ment
To can cel a sched uled mea sure ment, press the DE FLATE key (36). This will sus pend the
timed NIBP mea sure ments un til the START NIBP key (38) is pressed. The in ter val
in di ca tor will flash. See sec tion 1.3.4.4 for more de tails on the start and de flate func tion.
NOTE: Pressing the DE FLATE key (36) will also end a mea sure ment cy cle that is
al ready in prog ress.
To take an im me di ate mea sure ment and to re ac ti vate the In ter val mode, press the START
NIBP key (38). The next timed mea sure ment will be taken at the time set by the in ter val.
For ex am ple, if the in ter val was set to 30 min utes, the next timed mea sure ment will be
30 min utes af ter the START NIBP key was pressed. NOTE: If the In ter val mode is no
lon ger re quired, set the in ter val to "OFF" prior to press ing the START NIBP key. See
sec tion 3.4 for de tails on chang ing the in ter val mode.
Accutorr Plus Service Manual
Chapter 1, Operation
in ter val
NIBP
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