User's Manual

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Chapter 2 - Device Description and Safety Information
Contraindications
• Do not use the NESS H200 Wireless System where a cancerous lesion
is present or suspected.
• Do not use the NESS H200 Wireless System if you have a cardiac
pacemaker, implanted defibrillator, or other implanted metallic or electronic
device. Use of the NESS H200 Wireless System in conjunction with any
of the above may cause electric shock, burns, electrical interference, or
death.
•
Do not use the NESS H200 Wireless System on an arm where a regional
disorder, such as a fracture or dislocation, would be adversely affected
by motion from the stimulation.
Warnings
• The H200 Wireless Orthosis is to be worn only on the affected forearm
and hand of the patient for whom it is fitted. It should not be worn by
anyone else or on any other part of the body.
•
Do not wear the H200 Wireless Orthosis over swollen, infected, or inflamed
areas. Do not wear the Orthosis over skin eruptions or varicose veins.
• Apply stimulation to normal, intact, clean, healthy skin only.
• Turn off the NESS H200 Wireless System before driving or operating
machinery.
• Turn off stimulation before performing any activity in which involuntary
muscle contractions may injure you.
• Do not use the NESS H200 Wireless System while sleeping.
• Only an authorized clinician should fit and program the NESS H200
Wireless System.