Removal Of The Puncture Adapter - Hitachi S31KP Instruction Manual

(9) Insert the puncturing needle until the needle stopper contacts the needle locking stand.
The tip of the puncturing needle reaches the target puncture region.
―Description―
The distance from the tip of the puncturing needle to the end of the needle stopper is given by length of
"a"
Distance + Distance
"a"
Distance : Distance from the reference point on the puncture guideline to the target puncture region.
* The 0 index line on the depth gauge corresponds to the reference point of the puncture
guideline.
"b"
Distance : Distance from the end of the needle locking base on the puncture adapter to the reference
point on the puncture guideline.
* On the depth gauge, this corresponds to the distance from the 0 index line to the notch.

4-5. Removal of the puncture adapter

Remove the puncture adapter by performing the procedure in reverse described in section 4-2 "Attaching of the
puncture adapter".
Immediately wash and sterilize the puncture adapter after it is removed from the probe.
Refernce point of
the puncture guide line
Target puncture
region
Figure 14 Inserted condition
"b"
Needle stopper
Needle
fixing
stand
b
a
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Depth
gauge