User Manual

17. PATIENT FOLLOW-UP
All explanted defibrillators should be returned to Sorin, carefully cleaned of all traces of
contamination. This may be done by immersing them in an aqueous sodium hypochlorite
containing at least 1% chlorine, followed by rinsing copiously with water.
The defibrillator should be protected against mechanical impact and the temperature
variations that may occur during shipping.
Before explantation, it is advisable to:
─ print out all programmed parameters, statistics and Holter function report,
─ save Patient data on floppy disk or hard disk,
─ disable shock therapies (VT and VF) to avoid any risk of untimely shock.
17.5. DEFIBRILLATOR IDENTIFICATION
The defibrillator can be interrogated and programmed via telemetry, using the programming
head interfaced with the Sorin dedicated programmer.
Position the programming head over the telemetry antenna located in the upper part of the
device, in order to communicate effectively via telemetry (see diagram below).
The device can be non-invasively identified as follows:
1. Take an x-ray to identify the name of the manufacturer and model, printed on the device
(X-ray ID is SDE : S = SORIN ; D = Defibrillator ; E = INTENSIA range).
2. Interrogate the device using the Sorin dedicated programmer. The model and serial
number of the device are automatically displayed. The first figure in the serial number
corresponds to the last figure in the year of manufacture.
SORIN – INTENSIA SonR CRT-D 184 – U150A
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