Atie Medical Industries TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGE 4 CHAPTER ONE SAFETY INFORMATION PAGE 5 CHAPTER TWO DEVICE OVERVIEW PAGE 10 CHAPTER THREE LOAD PREPARATION PAGE 15 CHAPTER FOUR FEATURES PAGE 20 CHAPTER FIVE OPERATION PAGE 24 CHAPTER SIX MAINTENANCE...
Chapter one Introduction How To Use This Manual? This guide, explains the instructions on how to use with the PS-140 Plasma Sterilizer, This guide includes all the essentioal information that is needed to work with the PS-140. This guide should be available to the operator and should be near the device, so when it is needed, it would be available.
This is so important for us and it is our primary concern that you are safe when you are using PS-140. This chapter presents information on safety us- ing this device. You must read and follow the safety information. You must understand them before you start to operate the sterilizer.
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Contact with the walls, door or electrode could damage the sterilizer or the metal object and load. It may cause to a fire inside the chamber. So please be careful during the loading. Page - 6 PS-140 User Manual...
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If you want to process flexible endoscope in this sterilizer, you must read, understand and follow the medical device manufacturer’s instruction for use the particular scope into the process. For more information please contact the medical device’s manufacturer. PS-140 User Manual Page - 7...
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Hazardous / corrosive chemical present. Use personal protective equipment. Oxidizing chemical present Avoid exposure, contact, or ingestion. Avoid organic material, oils, and flammable material. Use personal protective equipment Toxic chemical present. Avoid exposure, contact or ingestion. Page - 8 PS-140 User Manual...
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Do not look at sight glass of the device. High voltage hazard. Electrical Shock Hazard Hand Pinching Warning On / Off power switch door up (open) switch door down (close) switch Emergency Stop switch Earth Connection Alternating Current PS-140 User Manual Page - 9...
Chapter Three Device Overview Intended Use The PS-140 sterilization system is a low-temperature sterilizer which you can process our sterilization cycle to inactive microorganisms on a broad range of medical devices and surgical instruments with it. This sterilizer offers an effective, safe, pretty fast, very economical, so easy to use and user-friendly, reliable sterilization method.
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3 Atie Medical Industries Device Overview The PS-140 Features You find these things on the device when you are processing a cycle. Cartridge Delivery block Chamber Door Sight glass Printer Incubator LCD touchscreen display Main Power Switch / (On / Off Switch)
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WARNING! HOT STERILIZATION SURFACES The interior of the chamber, may be hot. Do not touch inside the chamber with bare or gloved hands after cycle. Allow the sterilizer to cool before touching interior surfaces. Page - 12 PS-140 User Manual...
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3 Atie Medical Industries Device Overview Door The door of the PS-140 has upside (open)/downside (close) move- ment and also has an axial movement. Sight Glass There is a sight glass on the door, please don’t see inside the cham- ber when the device is in the plasma stage.
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During this movement, if you push the door up or door down buttons the door will be stopped. If the chamber’s pressure was not appropriate for opening the door then the door will not be opened. Page - 14 PS-140 User Manual...
WHAT YOU CANNOT PROCESS. Before processing items in the sterilizer, make sure that you know how to use the device, and how the PS-140 sterile cycle affect your items. If you have any question you can contact the medical device manufacturer or you can contact us.
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Preparing items to be sterilized Note: all the items must be cleaned, rinsed, and thoroughly dried before be- ing placed in the PS-140. Loades containing moisture can extend the cycle time, and also may damage the sterilizer vacuum pump. Page - 16...
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Loads containing moisture may result in either a non-sterile device or ex- tended cycle. Note: periodic careful inspection of items after repeated exposure to dis- infectant/ cleaner is necessary, due to potentially damaging effects of the chemical agent on the items. PS-140 User Manual Page - 17...
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Contact with the walls, door, or electrode can cause damage to items or to the sterilizer. The shelves are designed to prevent the undesired contact with electrodes but inspect carefully to prevent any problem. Page - 18 PS-140 User Manual...
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“immersion” cap in the sterilizer, you must remove the immersion cap prior to processing. If the immersion cap is not removed prior to processing in the PS-140 sterilizer, it will damage the scope due to the inability to prop- erly vent.
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Features Chapter Five Features In this chapter, we introduce the functions of PS-140 in general and in the next chamber they will be explained. Note: In this chapter, we presume that the device is installed. How to start the device? To start the device, you have to turn the main On/Off switch to the ON state.
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Choose cycle In the choose cycle section, you can choose the cycle type. There are two types of sterile cycles in PS-140. You can choose the cycle in accordance with the items that you want them to be processed. The standard (short) cycle: This cycle is suitable for sterile outer surfaces of items.
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57degres and in 24 hours, after this time, if the process was successful, the color of the liquid inside the vial should not be changed, and if it was not successful the color changes. Page - 22 PS-140 User Manual...
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But if during the cycle because of any reason the cycle canceled, then the hydrogen peroxide might be inside the chamber. Because of this problem, PS-140 has “safe-mode” cycle. If the cycle canceled and the hydrogen peroxide was inserted from the cartridge into the vaporiz- er, then for starting a new cycle, the last hydrogen peroxide should be evac- uated from the chamber.
If you turn off the device after the warm-up time, the device assumes itself that it is warmed up, and next time you turn the device on you don’t need to wait. Page - 24 PS-140 User Manual...
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When you press the start button the starting wizard will be shown. This wizard is designed for you to start the cycle very easy. This wizard has 4 steps. Loading Choose cycle Load cartridge Start cycle PS-140 User Manual Page - 25...
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In each screen when you press this button the menu will appear. And when you press the menu button again, the wizard screen will appear. The functions of the menu button will be explained later. Page - 26 PS-140 User Manual...
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Note: during the door movement if you press the …. button, the door will be stopped. To start the movement of the door you should press the door up/down again. PS-140 User Manual Page - 27...
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Operation After the door opened, the operator can load the prepared items. Note: each time you use the PS-140 sterilizer, follow the instructions provid- ed in chapter 4, load preparation, it is your responsibility to be familiar with the load preparation and safety information provided in this user’s guide.
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You can change the cycle type by pressing the button appeared on the screen. After you chosen the cycle type, by pressing “confirm and continue” the next screen will appear. PS-140 User Manual Page - 29...
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5 seconds to confirm to start the cycle. After 5 seconds you have to hit the “Yes” button again. When you confirm to start the cycle, the cycle screen will appear automat- ically. PS-140 User Manual Page - 31...
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Note: If you did not press on “yes I am sure” button or you did not release the “emergency” switch, after two minutes the cycle will be canceled automat- ically. Page - 32 PS-140 User Manual...
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WARNING! POSSIBLE NON-STERILE DEVICE If a cycle canceled then the items have not been sterilized even the color of chemical indicators has been changed. If the cycle ended successfully then this message will be shown. PS-140 User Manual Page - 33...
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After removing the sterilized items, press the “Finish” button and confirm it. Then the door will be closed. And then the device will be ready for another cycle. Page - 34 PS-140 User Manual...
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In the alarm screen, you can see a list of the last 100 alarms happened in the device. A list of alarms that can happen in the device is listed in the troubleshooting chapter. Note: you can always clear the list by pressing the “clear” button. PS-140 User Manual Page - 35...
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Cycle error code (if the cycle is aborted) Complete Cycle Non Complete Cycle Settings page In this page, you can see these options that are available for you. Other items are not available for operators and they are for service. Page - 36 PS-140 User Manual...
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Atie Medical Industries Operation You can change the time and date. You can change the brightness of the screen You can run a safe-mode test from this page. You can see the vaporizer health status PS-140 User Manual Page - 37...
If you have any question about proper cleaning please call us. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in damage to the steril- izer and may void the warranty. Do not attempt to clean inside the delivery block. Page - 38 PS-140 User Manual...
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Press the printer button (also the LED). Check the alignment of the paper and make certain it does not jam. You can check the functionality of the printer by printing the last cycle infor- mation. PS-140 User Manual Page - 39...
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Sterilizer disposal In the events that disposal of PS-140 is necessary, the sterilizer may be re- turned to the company. Disposal of infectious waste, electronic circuit boards have issues with most international environmental agencies.
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Vaporizer problem there is a problem in vaporizer if the error is shown in each unit. cycle call the service provider. Vaporizer polarity error Vaporizer polarity invert Vaporizer pot polarity error PS-140 User Manual Page - 41...
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Emergency Stop ! the emergency switch on the if the cycle is running then it will be main panel is pushed. paused. all the outputs will be inactivated. release the switch to resume. PS-140 User Manual Page - 43...
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85 mm, the door is moving with servo motor. all the chamber’s walls will heated up to 65 degrees. WARNING! HOT STERILIZATION SURFACES the sight glass has not any thermal isolation. so it might be hot. please be careful. Page - 44 PS-140 User Manual...
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The Switches, Relays, Controllers, and Plasma Generator is inside the electrical control panel. The Electrical control panel is places at the back of the device and is available from the back side of the device. PS-140 User Manual Page - 45...
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The device has 4 filters. HEPA filter, Oil Filter, Dust Filter, and Oil mist filter, for proper working of the device these filters should be replaced periodic services. Delivery Unit This unit takes the cartridge from the user and will pump it into the va- porizer. Page - 46 PS-140 User Manual...
-10 - 55 degrees Rainfalll will not be permitted Humidity 10% - 85% Pressure not limited Cycle Temperature ~ 65 degrees Cycle Time Short Cycle: about 55 minutes Lumen Cycle: about 80 minutes Cycle per cartridge PS-140 User Manual Page - 47...
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