Integra cusa excel User Manual page 138

Responding to Alerts
Alert
Vibration–In Test mode only
13-4
Causes
Blocked tip
Damaged or cracked tip
CUSA Excel Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator System User's Guide
Recommended Action
1. Verify that the manifold suction tube
connects properly to the nosecone by
disconnecting, then reconnecting, the
tubing and its clip.
2. Use the tip cleaner to dislodge the
blockage in the tip. Continue to push the
tip cleaner into the tip until the cleaner
becomes visible in the tubing.
3. When you have cleared the blockage,
verify again that the manifold suction tube
connects properly to the nosecone.
4. If the tip remains blocked, disconnect the
manifold suction tube connector from the
nosecone. Use the tip cleaner to dislodge
blockage from the tubing, then reconnect
the tubing to the nosecone.
5. Immerse the handpiece tip in sterile
irrigation fluid briefly. This may clear the
suction tubing.
Testing before sterilization:
1. Use the tip torquing base and wrench to
replace the tip.
2. Test the tip.
3. Sterilize the handpiece.
Testing after sterilization when tip assembled
in a nonsterile area:
1. Remove the handpiece from the sterile
field.
2. Use the tip torquing base and wrench to
replace the tip.
3. Test the tip.
4. Sterilize the handpiece.
Testing after sterile tip assembled to
handpiece on the sterile field:
1. Use the sterilizable torque base and a
disposable sterile wrench to replace the
tip. (Refer to the Supplement, Assembling
or Changing Tips on the Sterile Field,
which is part 2 of the CUSA EXcel
System User's Guide.)
2. Test the tip.