User's Manual

5 • Anterior Segment Surgery Operating Modes
WHITESTAR SIGNATURE™ System Rx Only – Z370147 Rev. C 1108 5-38
Continuous Phaco Power
Continuous Phaco Power delivers continuous, uninterrupted phaco power to the
handpiece and requires no pulse rate setting.
Figure 5.30 – AMO
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Phaco Power Modes
Short Pulse Phaco Power
Short Pulse delivers Phaco in pulses of 50 ms when the footpedal is in Position 3.
You can set this in a range of 1 to 14 pulses per second (pps). The actual number of
pps is shown on the button to the right of the Short Pulse button.
To set the Short Pulse range:
1. Press the button to the right of the Short Pulse button. A Settings pop-up
window appears.
2. Press the Up or Down arrow to increase or decrease the pps from 1 to 14.
3. Press Finished to close the window.
Long Pulse Phaco Power
Long Pulse delivers Phaco in pulses of 150 ms when the footpedal is in Position 3.
You can set this in a range of 1 to 6 pulses per second (pps). The actual number of
pps is displayed on the button to the right of the Long Pulse button.
To set the Long Pulse range:
1. Press the button to the right of the Long Pulse button. A Settings pop-up
window appears.
2. Press the Up or Down arrow to increase or decrease the pps from 1 to 6.