User's Manual

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Handpiece Care
Phaco handpieces are surgical instruments and must be handled with care. The
handpiece tip should not touch any solid object while in operation. Immediately
following surgery the handpiece must be thoroughly cleaned. Be sure handpiece
connector is completely dry before connecting it to console. For cleaning and
sterilization procedures, see the Directions for Use (DFU) supplied with the
handpiece.
WARNINGS!
If in the medical opinion of the physician a patient with a prion related disease
undergoes a high risk procedure, the instrument should be destroyed or be processed
according to local requirements.
Use of a phaco handpiece in the absence of irrigation ow and/or in the presence of
reduced or lost aspiration ow and/or sideways orientation of the Kelman
®
and OZil
®
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tips can cause excessive heating and potential thermal injury to adjacent eye tissues.
Appropriate use of Centurion
®
Vision System parameters and accessories is important
for successful procedures. Use of low vacuum limits, low ow rates, low bottle
heights, high power settings, extended power usage, power usage during occlusion
conditions (beeping tones), failure to sufciently aspirate viscoelastic prior to using
power, excessively tight incisions, and combinations of the above actions may result
in signicant temperature increases at incision site and inside the eye, and lead to
severe thermal eye tissue damage.
Use of an ultrasonic handpiece other than an OZil
®
torsional handpiece, or use of a
handpiece repaired without Alcon authorization, is not permitted, and may result in
patient injury, including potential shock hazard to patient and/or operator.
The U/S tips supplied in the Centurion
®
Vision System pack are only to be used on
an OZil
®
torsional handpiece. Each U/S tip is intended to be used only once per case,
and then disposed of according to local governing ordinances.
Mismatching U/S tips and infusion sleeves may create potentially hazardous uidic
imbalances.
Directing energy toward non-lens material, such as iris or capsule, may cause
mechanical and/or thermal tissue damage.
Perform visual inspection of accessories for burs or bent tips prior to use.
Use of appropriate technique and settings is important to minimize fragments and
turbulence.