Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH ESG200 User Manual

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Safety information

There is a risk of electric shock when opening the housing of the electrosurgical generator.

 

• Do not open the housing of the electrosurgical generator.

 

• Repair and service of the electrosurgical generator may only be performed by trained 

qualified servicing personnel that has been authorized by Olympus.

The selected output power should be as low as possible for the intended purpose. If the 

output power initially is set to a level that is too high, then the electrode's insulation can be 

damaged. This could result in burns to the patient and the user.

However, the PulseCut mode and all RFITT modes present an unacceptable risk when 

used with power settings that are too low. The risk of excessive thermal effects rises if the 

output power setting is too low when using these modes.

 

• For appropriate power settings refer to the tables with the modes characteristics in the 

“Appendix A” on page 97.

 

• Prior to the procedure, perform basic testing with the electrosurgical generator.

When the output of the electrosurgical generator is active, then unintended contact between 

tissue and the active part of the HF instrument can cause burns to the patient, the user and 

the medical personnel.

 

• Store temporarily unused HF instruments in an electrically insulated container.

 

• Do not place unused HF instruments on the patient.

Unintended current flow may cause injury to the patient and the user. The patient must be 

insulated against all electrically conductive parts.

 

• Make sure that the patient does not come in contact with any metal parts.

 

• Ground the operating table.

 

• Place the patient on a dry, electrically insulating surface.

 

• Make sure that the patient’s clothes are dry.

 

• Prevent any contact between different skin surfaces (arms, legs) of the patient. Place dry 

gauze between the body and arms and between the legs to prevent such contact.

 

• Prevent any skin contact between the patient and the user.

 

• Remove any metallic items from the patient, e.g. wristwatches, jewelry.

Using the electrosurgical generator in conjunction with another electrosurgical generator 

could result in patient and user injury due to the concentration of electric current.

 

• Keep HF instruments that are connected to the unused electrosurgical generator away 

from the target area while the other generator is in operation.

 

• Do not activate output of both generators simultaneously.

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2017-01-17