Safety Features; Traction Therapy Programs - Dynatronics DYNATRON SmarTRAC Operator's Manual

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Favorites
With one touch "Favorites" can be selected from the main screen. It will show the list of earlier stored manual
protocols.
Manual Operation
When no "Clinical Protocol" or "Favorite" is requested, a single click on "Manual Operation" from the main screen will start
a wizard which leads the user through all configurations that must be set up. This wizard is easy and fast to follow, and it does
not skip any necessary setting.
Treatment Therapies
The SmarTRAC can be mounted to an appropriate treatment table where the patient lies down on their back. Popular traction
therapy programs can be selected and pre-programmed protocols can be used. Manually programmed therapy programs can
also be stored. Up to five types of therapy can be sequentially programmed. The five types are as follows:
• Continuous
• Intermittent
• Cyclic
• Progressive
• Regressive
Parameters can be adjusted during treatment. The device motor delivers traction force between 3.5 lbs. (15 Newton) and 202
lbs. (900 Newton) to the patient via the cord and other accessories. Specific accessories are designed and required for use in
lumbar and cervical traction treatments, see published literature for information and instructions.

Safety Features

To protect the patient from potential hazards, multiple mitigations are designed into the hardware and software. There are
electronic safeguards of force and mechanical safety for maximum force limitation. Additional hardware mitigations are
applied to protect the patient from a too high level of force. If no software is running, or if no Patient Stop is connected, the
hardware is designed to lower the force. There is also a Patient Stop, which must be held by the patient during therapy. The
patient can press it to stop therapy immediately. If it is pressed, the force will lower to release the patient from the device.
The Patient Stop is controlled in the hardware, and any software will be overruled, if it is pressed. A remote control can be
used as an option for decreasing the force delivered to the patient during treatment. As a safety feature, the remote cannot
increase the force.

Traction Therapy Programs

The therapy programs can be selected by the buttons corresponding with the graphs illustrated on the following page. The
therapy program buttons are shown below the graphs.
See paragraph titled "Navigation" (page 11) for an explanation of all the SmarTRAC device buttons.
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