Intended Purpose Hose System - Atmos S 201 Thorax Operating Instructions Manual

Indications:
Medical contra-indications:
Other contra-indications:
Warnings:
The product is:
Sterility / specific microbial
state:
Single-use device / reprocessing: Secretion canister is a single-use device

1.3.4 Intended purpose hose system

Product name:
12
• After surgical opening of the thorax
• Pneumothorax
• Pleural effusion
• Haemothorax
• Pleural empyema
• Chylothorax
• Other similar conditions
• Not for cardiothoracic drainage therapy where no
negative pressure should be applied to the patient
• No application with cardiothoracic drainage systems
other than ATMOS S 201 Thorax and ATMOS E 201
Thorax
• No use if a sterile secretion canister is required for
therapeutic reasons
• No application in emergency and rescue situations
• Not in the homecare area that is not supervised by
healthcare professionals
• No drainage of flammable, corrosive or explosive fluids/
gases
• No separate use of the secretion canister and the hose
system (i.e., without the device) for short- or long-term
gravity drainage (more than 60 minutes)
The following complications may occur during
cardiothoracic drainage:
• Pain due to irritation of the intercostal nerves
• Injury of lung parenchyma / air leak
• Reexpansion pulmonary oedema
• Effusion retention
• Tension pneumothorax
• Cutaneous/subcutaneous emphysema
not active
Low-germ secretion canister
• Hose system
• Hose system with connector small
• Hose system with connector medium
• Hose system with connector large
• Hose system with Y-connector medium
• Hose system with Y-connector large