Gromako Data & Services Derminator 2 Instructions Manual

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Revision: 1.8 – Nov 8, 2020

2 can not be used on the older machine and vice versa.

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Page 1 INSTRUCTIONS Revision: 1.8 – Nov 8, 2020 Cartridges for the Derminator 2 can not be used on the older machine and vice versa. ® owndoc.shop is the only place that sells correctly working cartridges for this machine. Derminator info page with videos and link to store: http://derminator.com/ ®...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ................................2 READ FIRST: VITAL DERMANEEDLING INFO ........................4 WARNING & DISCLAIMER ............................. 4 INTRODUCING THE DERMINATOR 2 ..........................5 Cartridges, speed and depth ............................5 No microtearing ................................5 Timer ..................................... 5 NO MICROTEARING WITH THE DERMINATOR ........................6 IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS ..............................
Page 3 MACHINE DOES NOT NEEDLE AT ALL BUT DISPLAY WORKS ..................22 NEEDLES DO NOT COME OUT DEEP AT ALL OR SCRATCH ..................23 NEEDLES DO NOT SEEM TO PENETRATE THE SKIN ENOUGH ..................24 TECHNICIAN’S MENU ..............................26 Firmware version ................................ 26 Magnet monitor ................................
Page 4: Read First: Vital Dermaneedling Info
READ FIRST: VITAL DERMANEEDLING INFO Before using the Derminator 2, read our dermaneedling instructions available on ® http://dermaroller.owndoc.com/dermaroller-instructions.pdf. These instructions are essential because they contain important safety- and treatment guidelines as well as advice on how often to treat, and with which products to pre-treat, after-treat and treat during the actual needling procedure.
Page 5: Introducing The Derminator 2
INTRODUCING THE DERMINATOR 2 CARTRIDGES, SPEED AND DEPTH Cartridges are available with 1, 9 or 12 needles. They have a silicone spring/sleeve to prevent blood from entering the device. The needling speed can be slow (3 Hz), medium (5 Hz) or fast (25 Hz). The slower speeds are rarely used, mainly to emulate a dermastamp or single needle, when very precise treatment of very small areas are required.
Page 6: No Microtearing With The Derminator
NO MICROTEARING WITH THE DERMINATOR This is what “micro”-tearing looks like. It is caused by a dermaneedling machine’s motor not having sufficient accelerating power to push the needles in quickly and pull them back out just as fast: We have a video on our sales page where we use a microscope and needle paper with our device and another device.
Page 7: Important Precautions
IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS • When using the 1-needle cartridge, do not tell the machine that a 9- or 12-needle cartridge is mounted, or the machine will needle 1 mm deeper than indicated! • Do not reuse needle cartridges on different people. It is always best to discard needle cartridges after use, but they can be re-used, as long as you only use them on the same person and always clean and disinfect the cartridge directly after use.
Page 8: Cartridge Mounting
• Keep the device moving constantly and evenly over the skin when using the device. • Keep the cartridge moving over the skin, without lifting it. • Do not push the cartridge too hard onto the skin. • Do not hold the cartridge under an angle but flat onto the skin. •...
Page 9: Cartridge Disinfection
CARTRIDGE DISINFECTION Cartridges must be immediately cleaned and disinfected after use, if you want to reuse them. For this there are two options: CHLORAMINE-T or ISOPROPANOL. If you want to use Chloramine-T: Mix the contents (20 g) of our Chloramine-T product into a litre / quarter gallon of lukewarm water.
Page 10: Derminator Needling Technique
DERMINATOR NEEDLING TECHNIQUE When needling with the 9/12-needle cartridges, the hand unit should be held at a 90 degree angle with the skin, otherwise not all needles will penetrate to their full length. Make sure that the entirety of the cartridge rim touches the skin. Do not hover or brush slightly over the skin but apply moderate, constant pressure at all times.
Page 11: The Display Explained
THE DISPLAY EXPLAINED 1. Operating mode Can be “Slow”, “Medium”, “Fast” or “Timer”, where you can specify a skin area size and the machine calculates how much time should that area be needled with the speed setting(s) used. When you change the needling speed, the remaining time changes as well.
Page 12 2. Power indicator Shows how hard the machine needs to push the needles to reach the set needling depth. It’s not an important indicator but it shows that the machine works correctly. If the power indicator would be “maxed out” most of the time (8 bars lit) that would indicate that the motor has lost its power (due to a demagnetized magnet for example).
Page 13 To remind the user to pay great attention to answering correctly and verify his/her selection, and to remind the user that the only way to switch cartridge type is to turn the power off and on to the machine with the mains switch and then choosing the correct cartridge type, the following warning is flashed after cartridge type selection: Always answer turn off before...
Page 14: Timer Feature For Optimal Treatment
TIMER FEATURE FOR OPTIMAL TREATMENT One of the main problems with manual dermaneedling is to figure out how many times to roll over the skin for optimum treatment. This involves complex maths because it depends on how wide the roller head is, how many needles are in the roller, the circumference of the roller head and of course the size of the skin area.
Page 15 When inches are selected, the max. size that can be entered is 16 inches. When cm are selected, this value is 40. When the maximum value is exceeded, the value cycles back to 1. Be careful to select the proper metric because if you select inches when you Then you can cancel the timer function or turn it on: mean cm and enter values in cm, treatment time will be too long! Turn on timer?
Page 16: Manually Calculating Treatment Time
MANUALLY CALCULATING TREATMENT TIME With the Derminator 2, there is no more need to guess how long to treat the skin. ® The machine calculates this itself, using the “Timer” function. However, if you insist on doing the math yourself, below is explained how the “Timer” function works: The device does approx.
Page 17: Compliance Statements
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 and part 18 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Page 18: Warranty Policy
WARRANTY POLICY Lifetime warranty Defective machines are replaced by brand new, unused machines at our cost, without the need to return the old machine, or we pay for return postage in rare cases when we want to diagnose an issue. An exception to this warranty policy is hand units with internal liquid damage or cracked hand unit shroud (due to using chemical disinfectants on it).
Page 19: Care & Maintenance
CARE & MAINTENANCE This machine only uses needle cartridges with a silicone shroud, so blood can not enter the hand unit. If there is some kind of ‘emergency’ and you still think the hand unit should be cleaned on the inside, use a cotton swab, slightly wetted with alcohol according to this video and ignore the part about spraying the internals –...
Page 20: Error Messages
ERROR MESSAGES MAGNET STUCK OR MISSING – CHECK! MAGNET BAD/STUCK OR BAD CARTRIDGE What to do when you see one of the above messages: Step 1: Is the magnet gone? The first thing to verify is whether there is a magnet inside the hand unit.
Page 21: Magnet Removed Or Attracted Out
onto the hand unit’s tip. If a replacement magnet does not solve the issue, we’ll replace your machine. Case 6: The magnet is present, and the machine is for moderate personal use. The most likely reason for a magnet error in this case is a bad cartridge, especially when it has been re-disinfected by the user and its Silicone sleeve been dislodged or degraded by a chemical substance.
Page 22: Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING BUTTONS DO NOT WORK Many customers leave the protective foil on the console. However, that foil is only intended as a smudge guard during assembly and should be peeled off and discarded. It may otherwise prevent the buttons from moving freely upwards so they are permanently kept down, causing problems with the operation of the machine.
Page 23: Needles Do Not Come Out Deep At All Or Scratch
It could be caused by improper handling during disinfection. Verify that the Silicone NEEDLES DO NOT COME OUT DEEP AT ALL OR SCRATCH spring/shroud looks OK. The top cartridge has a problem: The end of the silicone spring is “crumpled up” and missing a few mm of straightness. This is caused when you push the plunger to make the needles come out and you push a little too far/hard.
Page 24: Needles Do Not Seem To Penetrate The Skin Enough
NEEDLES DO NOT SEEM TO PENETRATE THE SKIN ENOUGH This can happen in either of these cases: (1) The number of needles in the cartridge has been incorrectly set to "1" instead of 9 or 12 or vice versa. Verify that that question was answered correctly, to the machine. That question much be re-answered whenever the cartridge type is changed, so you must turn the machine off so it will ask you that question again.
Page 25 DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM – IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT OUR SUPPORT (A) Could you tell us at what needle depth you DO feel the needles penetrate, and WHAT skin you're using to ascertain that? The soles of the feet are many mm thick dead skin (callus) so you'll feel nothing, there.
Page 26: Technician's Menu
TECHNICIAN’S MENU The technician’s menu is entered by turning the mains switch on while holding the left console button down. Firmware versions of 3.3 and below only show the firmware version and have no further options. The right console button changes the displayed setting or executes it.
Page 27: Minpulselength
Never change this value unless asked to by our support. MINPULSELENGTH Never change this value unless asked to by our support. FASTFREQ Never change this value unless asked to by our support. FASTDELAY Never change this value unless asked to by our support. LCDDELAY If we’re ever start selling different magnets or different cartridges, the user can RECALIBRATE...