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Template Grid 17/18GA
INTENDED USE
Grid accepts and guides needles up to 1.3 mm (18 gauge) in diameter and provides coordinates as an aid to needle loading and positioning during
radioactive seed implantation, cryotherapy, transperineal template-guided biopsy, and/or fiducial marker placement.
CAUTION
Federal (United States) law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
WARNING
Before use, you should be trained in brachytherapy. For instructions on preparation, safe operation and care of your transducer and brachytherapy
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system, see your system's manual.
Disposable components are packaged sterile and are single-use only. Do not use if integrity of packaging is violated or if expiration date has passed.
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Do not reuse, reprocess or resterilize single-use device. Reuse, reprocessing or resterilization may create a risk of contamination of the device, cause
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patient infection or cross-infection.
Do not use grid if it appears to be cracked or broken.
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Grid cannot be resterilized after use.
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Ensure graphics on ultrasound monitor match graphics on grid.
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Take care when inserting needles into grid to avoid breaking needle.
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ASSEMBLING GRID
1. Using sterile technique, remove grid from package.
2. Select appropriate graphics on grid to match ultrasound monitor.
3. Tighten locking knobs.
BK Medical 8558, 8658, 8808e, 8818, 8848 transducers
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Hitachi Aloka Medical C4IL47RP, EUP-U533 transducers
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DISPOSAL
WARNING
Dispose of single-use components as infectious waste.
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