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Instructions for Use
Surgical Laser Unit Limax
3.14
Safety Devices
In designing this laser unit, we strictly adhered to the principle of ensuring utmost user and
patient safety. As a result, the technical safety devices incorporated in the system (and
described in the following) effectively prevent maloperation:
Upon turning it on, or when the voltage comes back after a power failure, the unit goes
into STANDBY mode – the laser beam cannot be activated.
Similarly, laser beam activation is impossible if no laser fiber has been connected.
As regards laser activation time, the foot switch has absolute priority over set pulse times
for safety reasons. This means that releasing the foot switch interrupts the laser light
emission process at once, even though the preset pulse time may not have elapsed yet.
To ensure that the selected irradiation parameters cannot be accidentally changed during
the laser treatment, all control buttons as well as the rotary switch are blocked
(inoperable) as long as the foot switch is held down. Except for AIR and STAND BY.
The laser power is monitored continuously as long as laser light is being emitted.
The coded SMAplus fiber connecting socket ensures that only appropriate laser fibers can
be connected to the Limax
The emergency stop switch ensures that the unit immediately stops emitting laser light in
a case of emergency. However it is not disconnected from the power supply
3.15
Employment Restriction
Young persons below the age of 16 years are not permitted to work with lasers or in laser
areas (this applies to laser classes 3R, 3B and 4, as specified in Sect. 11 of BGV B2, the
German accident prevention regulation). Young persons above that age are permitted to work
with lasers or in laser areas if this is necessary for training purposes and provided that safety
is ensured by a qualified supervisor.
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