Operating Instructions OS3 Base unit, VC830100 Contents Page Application and description Points to note and hazards Control panel Arrangement of control and indicator elements Control pedal Mains connection / switching the unit on/off Replacing fuses Setting up the I/A system...
Application and description IMPORTANT! The OS3 operating unit is used in surgical procedures to the 1. Patients with heart pacemakers or pacemaker electrodes anterior and posterior segments of the eye. It performs all may be at risk in that the functioning of the pacemaker may essential functions including irrigation and aspiration, be impaired or the pacemaker itself damaged.
Control panel The display and adjustment area All settings for the operation of the OS3 operating unit can be Function display Value display Surgeon display undertaken using the control panel (pre-settings are made using ParaProg. See Section 10). Visual displays serve to show the current operating state of the unit and the current values.
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OCC-M button and light indicator (see 8.3.3). The OCC-M function is switched on and off by light pressure to the button. Pressing the button more forcibly prepares the In ParaProg you can specify per surgeon whether Pulse or burst or pulse and burst shall be available.
Auxiliary functions The vertical range – from zero to the fully depressed position – is divided into a maximum of three ranges: irrigation, aspiration and instrument activation. These three ranges lie between positions 0, 1, 2 and 3. If the pedal is pressed slowly, the settings 0-3 can be felt as a slight resistance.
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Fig. 2 Overview of the pedal controls Pos. 3 Instrument (Phaco, VIT, DIA, CAPS, Override) Pos. 2 ASP Pos. 1 IRR Pos. 0 Forwards Sideways, left + Sideways, right Linear instrument control Aspiraton* Phaco* Top left Top right VIT* I/A 1-2-3 DIA LOW (linear) Phaco 1-2-3 or Pulse on/off* CAPS REGULAR (fix)
The tubes must be completely free of air bubbles! The OS3 unit cassette system simplifies the proper set-up of the I/A unit. Three different designs are available. Plug the supplied mains cable into the mains connection socket O on the back of the unit, and connect to the mains supply socket.
6.1 Installing the cassette IMPORTANT! Ensure that conditions are sterile when installing the tubing system! The ends of the instrument connection tubes must be kept in the sterile area. The sterile person must not insert the tubes into the unit! ...
Open the infusion tap on the giving set and press the 6.2 Filling the I/A system (PREOP) PREOP button.1) The message of "FILL RINSE" will To fill the I/A system, the instrument ends of the connection appear in the display and the progress of the filling tubes should be prepared as follows in the sterile area, procedure is indicated in %.
Attaching the operating instruments 7.2 Ultrasonic phaco handpiece Reusable tip The operating instruments are connected to the instrument Screw an "Excellerator 2" titanium tip onto the handpiece connection ports A, B, C, D, E and F (see section 22) on the using the key supplied.
7.3 Diathermy instruments Fill a test chamber VV803100 with irrigation fluid. Move the foot pedal into position 1 (irrigation) to do this, or Insert the red-coded plug of the diathermy handpiece keep the IRR button depressed. into the red connector socket, B. ...
Storing for each function I/A, PHACO, 8.2.3.1 Gravity infusion with bottle height VIT. When using the OS3 infusion trolley VE830001, the height of PROG Storing for each multimode program the infusion bottle can be adjusted with both the heel buttons I/A, PHACO, VIT.
“PHACO TEST OK” (for 2 seconds) 8.2.4 Continuous irrigation The phaco system is ready for use. Press the IRR button if irrigation flow is to be maintained independently of the pedal position. An active IRR function is “CONNECT HANDPIECE!” indicated by the falling droplet symbol in the function display. The handpiece is not connected.
buttons, PHACO1, PHACO 2, PHACO3, PULSE, IRR, AUX, CMP3) and above with the values of the respective OCC-M VOICE and RESET – will remain blocked. memory. When the occlusion vacuum is reached, the unit switches to the OCC-M values for flow (venturi), phaco output 8.3.3 Phaco pulse and phaco burst and pulse.
with an acoustic signal. The override value will remain This function can be set to DiaLOW or DiaHIGH or switched stored. If the override function is not desired, press off in ParaProg. strongly on the OCC-M button and change OCCM-SET to OVERRIDE using the arrow button beneath the IOP NOTE: ParaProg can be used to determine whether "Instant Diathermy"...
8.6 Vitrectomy To exit the VIT function, you can either press a new function Press one of the buttons VIT A, VIT B or VIT PN. button or the RESET button. As long as the pedal is active (positions 2, 3), only the arrow VIT A1 1200/min Surgeon 2...
Please also note that settings from another make of operation machine cannot necessarily be transferred to the OS3. The type of instruments used, the irrigation and aspiration tubes and the bottle height will also affect the functioning of the irrigation / aspiration and vacuum modes.
Cleaning and sterilisation regulations Accessories and replacement parts IMPORTANT! Unit accessories Make sure to adhere to guideline TN999042 (as well as to all VC830200 Vitrex add-on module for vitreo-retinal surgery of the other relevant requirements that have been made VE830001 Unit trolley with infusion bar drive available) when preparing the instruments for re-use! VE830010...
Technical data HF-CUT Supply pressure* Air 6.5…10 bar, max. 40 l/min, NIST EN-739 connection Mains voltage 100…240 VAC CAPSULE REGULAR CAPSULE HIGH Mains frequency 50…60 Hz GLAUKOMA IDK Power consumption 270 VA (590 VA with Vitrex) GLAUKOMA STT Fuses 3.15 AT, high breaking capacity Operating mode continuous Application parts...
Contact service (The pedal is not properly set) Overview of messages, warnings and error The unit cannot be used. messages Graphic Display Error 4 Select surgeon! Call service (ParaProg display is defective) Asks you to select the correct surgeon number Program Failure Error 8 Pressure too low...
For ease of identification the following color codes are used in addition to identification numbers and product description. Color codes appear normally on the secondary pack (card board box) only. OS3 TwinVac Phaco accessories included Vitrectomy accessories included 29.05.09 VV016011E...
OS3 Base Unit, VC830100, Overview Front, without control panel Rear Phaco handpiece connection Serial interface (see service manual) Diathermy/capsulotomy connection Mains connection socket Vitrectomy connection, instrument A Fuse holder Vitrectomy connection, instrument B Mains switch Connection 1 for pneumatically-operated Compressed air connection line (see service...
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