User's Instructions

9-4
Symptom
Possible Cause
Corrective Action
into a different
chamber than the
expected one.
Sample aperture is not fully
closed after initialization.
Probe/Holster did not
initialize correctly.
• Disconnect the holster cable from the Control
Module, reattach it, and proceed through
initialization again.
OR
• Remove the probe from holster, reattach it and
proceed through initialization again.
Function buttons are not
responding.
The system executes
a different function
than the one expected
when the user presses
a button.
• Be sure to press the buttons for the proper
duration for a desired function. Pressing a
button for too long (or too quickly) can activate
the wrong function.
• Remember that the function buttons on the
holster, footswitch, and keypad are all in
different order; do not look at the holster’s
buttons when trying to activate a function using
the keypad or footswitch.
The system is still
executing a previous
command.
• Wait until the previous function has finished
before pressing a button for the next function.
The user bumped a
feature button on the
GUI, and the system
is no longer in Ready
mode.
• Determine which feature button was pressed,
then set that feature to the desired setting and
confirm it. The system will return to Ready
mode.
ST Only:
Attempt to ARM the holster
and probe, but the probe
trocar shaft does not
engage.
Arming motor failure.
• Call Customer Service.
ST Only:
Holster/probe is ARMED but
will not FIRE.
Mechanical safety
release and/or FIRE
buttons are not fully
pressed.
• Ensure the mechanical safety release and
FIRE buttons are simultaneously and fully
pressed.
• Remove the holster and probe as a single unit
from the biopsy site, then remove the probe
from the holster.
AND
Call Customer Service.
Arming motor failure.
Vacuum leak is audible
during tissue sampling.
Specimen collection
chambers are
dislodged from the
SMS.
• Ensure the specimen collection chambers are
seated correctly in the SMS.
• Check the vacuum tube set connections.
Vacuum pump creates a
loud noise when in
operation.
Natural pump vibration
could cause loud
noise during
operation.
• Check to ensure the control module is secured
to the cart with the mounting thumbscrews
(supplied with the cart).