Symmetry Surgical Symmetry Sharp Kerrison Bedienungsanleitung Seite 6

5. Ensure that the shaft keys of both upper and
lower jaws of the tip are completely inserted
into the receptacles. Use sterile gauze around
the jaws of the tips to protect hands and
gloves if the protective tube is no longer in
place. Check the security of the tips by
attempting to pull them out of the handle
without depressing the tip release levers of the
handle or the safety-locking lever.
6. If the tips are not fully seated in the handle,
repeat steps 2 through 4.
7. Remove the protective tube from the tips if it is
still in place.
8. Carefully actuate the handle to verify smooth
movement and function of the tips after their
insertion. CAUTION: Do not close the
rongeur tips while they are empty. Metal-
on-metal contact will dull the jaws of the
tips prematurely.
Disassembly and Disposal: Use sterile gauze around the jaws of the tips to protect hands and gloves.
Disassemble the tips from the handle by executing the following steps:
Symmetry Sharp Kerrison
and the Symmetry Sharp Kerrison
1. Using the right hand, depress the safety-locking
lever on the underside of the Kerrison handle
(See Figure 5).
2. While keeping the safety-locking lever
depressed, use the left thumb to depress with
force the proximal end of both tip release levers
at the same time. Both tips should slightly eject
from the handle receptacles. DO NOT
RELEASE THE TIP RELEASE LEVERS. (See
Figure 6)
3. While keeping the tip release levers depressed
with the left hand, release the safety-locking
lever and using the right hand, remove the tips.
(See Figure 7)
4. If tips are not releasing from the handle
receptacles, repeat steps 1 through 3.
LCN 206835-001 Rev I
® Tips (sterile, single-use)
® Handle
5. Ensure that the shaft keys of both upper and lower jaws
of the tip are completely inserted into the receptacles.
Use sterile gauze around the jaws of the tips to protect
hands and gloves. Check the security of the tips by
attempting to pull them out of the handle without
depressing the tip release levers of the handle or the
safety-locking lever.
6. If the tips are not fully seated in the handle, repeat steps
2 through 4.
7. Carefully actuate the handle to verify smooth movement
and function of the tips after their insertion. CAUTION:
Do not close the rongeur tips while they are empty.
Metal-on-metal contact will dull the jaws of the tips
prematurely.
Reusable Tips for the Symmetry Sharp Kerrison
Handle and the Symmetry Sharp Kerrison
1. Using the right hand, depress the safety-locking
lever on the underside of the Kerrison handle (See
Figure 5).
2. While keeping the safety-locking lever depressed,
use the left thumb to depress with force the
proximal end of both tip release levers at the
same time. Both tips should slightly eject from
the handle receptacles. DO NOT RELEASE THE
TIP RELEASE LEVERS. (See Figure 6)
3. While keeping the tip release levers depressed
with the left hand, release the safety-locking lever
and using the right hand, remove the tips. (See
Figure 7)
4. If tips are not releasing from the handle
receptacles, repeat steps 1 through 3.
®
® Handle
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