Operation; Care And Handling; Disposable Products; Cleaning And Disinfecting - Braun ACCULAN GA 643 Instructions For Use/Technical Description

4.4 Operation

Adjusting the cutting thickness
Note
Consider the skin condition (e.g. with regard to the age of the patient)!
Note the instructions in chapter "Recognizing and remedying er-
rors".
Adjust the cutting thickness with the setting lever 18.
The lock 19 of the setting lever prevents any unintentional change
to the setting of the cutting thickness.
Read the cutting thickness on the scale ring 17 (scale gradations
1/10 mm).
Adjusting the cutting width
Risk of injury through improper opening of the
flaps. Risk of cuts by the dermatome blade.
Always use the flap noses for turning up the
CAUTION
flaps.
Turn up the number of flaps 13 according to the desired cutting
width, until they click into place (1 flap width = 8 mm).
Note
The width of the skin graft cut out will be 2 mm less than the cutting
width set by means of the flaps.
Using the ACCULAN dermatome
Note
The low beep sound just before the ACCULAN dermatome starts up is a
regular design feature of the device.
Press the rotational speed control button 2 for the continuous ad-
justment of the rotational speed.
Taking skin grafts
Before using the ACCULAN dermatome for the first time, the user
should carry out some test cuts on a specimen in order to make himself
familiar with the device.
Stretch flabby skin.
With the cutting surface lying upon the skin being cut, push the
ACCULAN dermatome 1 forward in an even movement, applying
gentle pressure and making certain that the ACCULAN
dermatome 1 does not cant.
If the graft is extremely thin, use tweezers to lay the detached graft
up on the surface 16 from time to time.
Turn off the motor and pull the freshly cut graft out of the device.
- or -
Lower the handle and cut off the graft with the dermatome.
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ACCULAN dermatome GA 643

5. Care and handling

5.1 Disposable products

Possible damage or destruction of disposable prod-
ucts through reprocessing! These products are in-
tended for single use only!
CAUTION
Do not prepare these products for reuse.
Designation
Dermatom blades

5.2 Cleaning and disinfecting

Damage to the ACCULAN dermatome by penetrat-
ing fluids!
Do not submerge the device in any fluid.
CAUTION
Do not use pressurized air on the device.
Allow any fluid that has penetrated the device
to drain out immediately.
Open the clamp lever 9 and remove the dermatome blade 8.
Take out the flap rod 22 of the ACCULAN dermatome, see Disas-
sembling the flap rod of the ACCULAN dermatome.
Manual cleaning and disinfecting
Wipe off the device with a clean, lint-free cloth that has been
soaked in cleaning and disinfectant solution.
- or -
In order to avoid formation of sticky or encrusted residues, spray
the components with a disinfectant spray.
Wipe off the component surfaces with a clean, lint-free cloth.
Follow the disinfectant manufacturer's instructions.
Art. no.
GB 228 R