System Manual

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Vivistim
®
Paired VNS
™
System
Quick Start Guide for Patients
1. To turn on your IPG, remove the magnet
cover, if applicable, and swipe the magnet
once across your chest, above where the IPG
is implanted. The IPG will then stimulate your
vagus nerve for a therapy session typically
lasting 30 minutes.
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The device will
automatically stop stimulation and shut off at
the time programmed by your health care
provider. NOTE: You may not feel stimulation.
Magnet Cover
2. To stop the stimulation during a session, hold
the magnet over the IPG. Continue holding –
it will take approximately 30 seconds for the
stimulation to stop. When you remove the
magnet, stimulation will continue until your
therapy session end time.
3. If you wish to stop the stimulation for the rest
of your therapy session, you must hold the
magnet over your chest until your therapy
session end time.
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4. If you lose your magnet, you will need to
contact your clinician for a new one or replace
it with a magnet that is strong enough. A
commercial magnet with a pull force rated at
4.5 kg or greater is sufficient.
Magnet Force: 4.5+ kg
5. The magnet provided to you may damage
TVs, computer disks, credit cards, and other
items affected by strong magnetic fields.
Please keep the magnet away from such items.
Contact your clinician for medical care and medical advice or if you have any questions about your
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Vivistim
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Your health care provider may program the session to be shorter or longer than 30 minutes.
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For example, if your health care provider programmed the session to last 30 minutes and you started your session
at 8:00 am, then your session would end at 8:30 am. If you want to completely stop stimulation starting at 8:20 am,
then you would need to hold the magnet in place for 10 minutes, which is until the pre-programmed session time
would end at 8:30 am.
Magnet