Given Imaging Limited PATENCYSCANNER Manuale Utente
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2.
Take the Scanner off the hook and turn it on.
3.
Hold the Scanner by its handles with its back facing the capsule, bring it near
the capsule, (up to 20 cm) and test detection.
If the Detection LED does not turn on, take another M2A Patency Capsule and
repeat step 3. If the Scanner detects the new capsule, write down on the back
label of the faulty capsule the date and return it to its box. If the Scanner does
not detect the second capsule either, contact Given Customer Support.
the capsule, (up to 20 cm) and test detection.
If the Detection LED does not turn on, take another M2A Patency Capsule and
repeat step 3. If the Scanner detects the new capsule, write down on the back
label of the faulty capsule the date and return it to its box. If the Scanner does
not detect the second capsule either, contact Given Customer Support.
4.
If the capsule is detected, return Scanner to its hook and open the blister
carefully.
carefully.
5.
Ask the patient to take the capsule out of its blister.
6.
Ask the patient to put the capsule in his/her mouth and to hold it under the
tongue WITHOUT INGESTING. Instruct the patient not to bite the capsule.
tongue WITHOUT INGESTING. Instruct the patient not to bite the capsule.
7.
After a short adjustment period, with the capsule in the patient’s mouth, ask the
patient to ingest the capsule with a sip of water.
patient to ingest the capsule with a sip of water.
8.
In the Patient Instructions booklet, write down the ingestion time of the capsule.
9.
Ask the patient about the smoothness of the ingestion. If there is any doubt
about the patient biting the capsule or about the integrity of the capsule after
ingestion write it down in the Patient Instructions booklet.
No conclusions may be drawn from this examination regarding the patency of
the GI tract. The examination will have to be repeated after verification of the
extraction of the ingested capsule.
about the patient biting the capsule or about the integrity of the capsule after
ingestion write it down in the Patient Instructions booklet.
No conclusions may be drawn from this examination regarding the patency of
the GI tract. The examination will have to be repeated after verification of the
extraction of the ingested capsule.
Note
If for any reason, after taking the capsule out of its blister, the
patient does not ingest it, or if for some reason you suspect that
the capsule is defective, return the capsule to its blister, mark on
the back label the date and contact Given Customer Support.
patient does not ingest it, or if for some reason you suspect that
the capsule is defective, return the capsule to its blister, mark on
the back label the date and contact Given Customer Support.