ALSA VORTEX/S AS-200 Instruction Manual

VORTEX/S AS-200 – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
This unit is manufactured by ALSA APPARECCHI MEDICALI S.R.L.- CASTEL MAGGIORE - BOLOGNA - ITALY which
guarantees its safety, reliability and performances only if the installation, recalibrations and repairs are performed by personnel
authorized by ALSA and if the unit is used in compliance with given instructions in an area that meets all the applicable IEC
requirements.
The Manufacturer will supply, on demand, the electric diagrams and any further information needed.
This manual must be kept with the unit.
Please read this entire manual carefully to become familiar with each of the controls and features before making any attempt
to use the equipment clinically and ask for it again if it is missing.
If any questions arise regarding the information contained in this manual according to your specific needs, please contact the
Manufacturer directly or through the local distributor, before using the unit.
VERY IMPORTANT
In accordance with the requirements of the European directive for medical devices 93/42 CEE and with the procedures of
Company Quality System for the after-sale control of the production, the users are pleased to inform the Manufacturer about
every, however small, problem of this unit.

INDICATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR POWER SETTINGS

According to the international rules EN 10079/1, this equipment is a transportable suction unit with high vacuum/low flow for
hospital and domicile use.
It is indicated:
- For out patients' departments, first aid departments or to the bed of patients (not for drainage) starting from setting of 300
mmHg
- For pharyngeal suction (starting from setting of 300 mmHg)
- For O.R.L. suction (starting from setting of 400 mmHg)
- For neonatal mucous extraction (starting from setting of 100 mmHg)
- For every kind of need in gynaecological field (starting from setting of 500 mmHg)
- For endoscopic suction (starting from setting of 400 mmHg)
- For permanent tracheostomy suction (starting from setting of 400 mmHg)
- For extremely delicate suctions (starting from setting of 150 mmHg)
- For plastic surgery (starting from setting of 300 mmHg)
In any case this suction unit must be used under direct control of personnel thoroughly trained in the techniques and problems of
medical suction and it is advisable, before using the equipment, to check carefully its performance without trusting blindly to
previous experience with other similar units.
VERY IMPORTANT:
1. Use rigid suction tips (tube, curettes) only when the field is under direct visual control, otherwise use only soft catheter
tubes.
2. For suction on delicate tissues use only suction tips with finger vacuum regulation (this system grants more safety,
intermittent suction and, if necessary, the immediate reduction of suction power).
3. Emergency: if necessary you can obtain quick stop of suction power by disconnecting the handle (B) of the tubing
apparatus/bottle
CANNULAS
OR SUCTION TIPS:
PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS (please see details on last page)
a. Check that power input corresponds to the technical data label on the back of the unit.
b. Put the bottle (bottles) on the unit checking the cap (should be well inserted and well pressed) and the relative over-fill device
(the floating must freely work).
c. Connect the unit to the bottle by using the relative intermediate tubing (for the model with 2 bottles, please see design no. 2),
then connect the "patient" tubing.
d. In order to use the pedal switch STOP/PN (an accessory on request) you have to insert in the tubing the ring nut "O" and the
gasket "N" (during the shipping screwed in the plastic part "M") and so, without activating the pedal, you have to insert the
tubing and the gasket in the plastic part "M" tightening the threaded ring nut.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

(the unit must be used in vertical position without obstructing the air cooling areas - not less of 20 cm from the walls)
1. Switch on the unit by the main switch "1"
2. Select with the switch (ASPIRATION - on the back of the apparatus) the type of working:
- position "CONT." working without pedal switch
- position "INT." working only activating the pedal switch
3. Set the vacuum power as indicated in the paragraph "Suction setting"

SUCTION SETTING

To set the desired suction power use the manual control "2" (rotary multi-turn, maximum vacuum clockwise) with the relative
vacuum gauge "3" and, according to the same way but with the patient tubing closed, you can preset the maximum vacuum not to be
exceeded, before using the unit.
OVERFILL DEVICE (the unit can be provided with a supplementary outside overfill device)
The bottle has a specific overfill device which prevents the aspiration of liquid into the pump without stopping the unit but
interrupting the connection between bottle and vacuum pump.
use always cannulas or suction tips according to ISO 10993/1 Rules
(Edition 1
MN V/S AS 200 IN March 1998
st
March 1998)
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