Equipment Setup - Integra LifeSciences CODMAN HAKIM Precision Fixed Pressure Valves Mode D'emploi

7. Repeat Steps 3 through 6 as necessary to reconfirm SIPHONGUARD
Device function.
8.
Remove the distal catheter for manometer testing of the valve.
Manometer Test
Note: Performing a manometer test is not recommended as this test
is susceptible to environmental factors and yields a result that is not
physiologic in nature and for which manufacturers do not specify
performance ranges.
Note: Perform this test only on devices that have been prepared according
to Steps 1 through 7 in Flushing Procedure.
Equipment required (use all sterile equipment, perform testing under
sterile conditions)
One manometer, wide-bore (e.g. 3.5 mm), graduated in mm
(available in lengths from 38 to 60 cm)
One 4-way stopcock
One syringe, 5 cc
One syringe filter, 5 µm
Tubing adapters
Silicone tubing
One male luer connector with 1/16 in. barb
Saline solution
Flushing Procedure
Prepare the valve following Steps 1 through 7 in SIPHONGUARD Device
Functional Testing, Flushing Procedure.

Equipment Setup

1. With the valve submerged in a water bath, disconnect the valve from
the tubing leading to the stopcock.
2.
Place the end of the tubing leading from the stopcock into the water
bath. Position the tubing so that the end does not come into contact
with the sides of the bath.
3.
Adjust the manometer height so that the zero level of the manometer
and the fluid level in the water bath are at the same level (Figure A-5).
Manometer Zero
Level
Figure A-5
4. Fill the syringe with saline solution using the syringe filter.
5. Disconnect the filter from the syringe and reconnect the syringe to
the stopcock.
6.
Turn the stopcock to isolate the valve from the manometer assembly,
connecting the syringe to the manometer (Figure A-6).
Figure A-6
7.
Refill the manometer using the 5 cc syringe.
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