. Connecting the external
muscle stimulator¹
Caution!
Patient hazard, equipment malfunction
Only the ARTROSTIM® FOCUS®plus
muscle stimulator with EN
approval, manufactured by ORMED GmbH,
may be connected to the ARTROMOT® K
CPM device. Use the "muscle stimulation"
cable part no. .
.
the muscle stimulator. Other cables are
not approved. The cable can be ordered
separately from DJO.
In addition, all such combinations
Medical Electrical Systems
with the requirements stated in clause
of IEC
. Any equipment not
complying with the leakage current re
quirements in IEC
outside the patient environment i.e. at
least . m from the patient support or
shall be supplied via a Separation trans
former to reduce the leakage currents.
Any person who connects external
equipment to the device has formed
a Medical Electrical System and is
therefore responsible for the system to
comply with the requirements in clause
of IEC
. If in doubt, contact
qualified medical technician or your
local DJO representative.
. Connect the jack plug to the
ARTROSTIM® FOCUS®plus muscle
stimulator.
For control of an external muscle
stimulator, anARTROMOT® K Comfort
device and the correspond
ing connector are required.
. Connect the round plug to connector
. Turn on the ARTROMOT® K first, then
Note!
For information on connecting and
programming the muscle stimulator,
refer to the operation manual that comes
with the ARTROSTIM® FOCUS®plus.
to connect
shall comply
. Measure the length of the patient's thigh
shall be kept
. Set the carriage to the home position
. Adjust the measured value at the femur
Equipment damage
Do not attempt to extend the femur
scale beyond the stop.
. Set the leg support assemblies and the
− Loosen fixation screws
of the ARTROMOT® K and turn it
a short way clockwise to lock.
turn on the muscle stimulator.
. Adjusting the device to the
femur length
femur from the greater trochanter to
the lateral knee joint cavity Fig. A .
see . .
scale
of the carriage Fig. B :
− Loosen the two fixation screws
− Extend the scale
to the required
length.
− Tighten the fixation screws
the scale to the new length.
Caution!
. Adapting the leg support
assemblies/footplate
footplate ,
and
to the expected
positions before accommodating the
patient.
the footplate
to the length of the
patient's lower leg Fig. C .
Loosen clamping lever
footplate's rotation and height to the
patient Fig. D .
.
to set
to adjust
and adapt the