BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II-S Technical Manual

CardioMessenger®II-S

Transmitter for BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring

®

Technical Manual

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©®by BIOTRONIK GmbH & Co. KG

All rights reserved. Specifications subject to
modification, revision and improvement.

2008-D-05

CardioMessenger is a registered trademark of
BIOTRONIK GmbH & Co. KG

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Call back light (yellow, page 14)

Operating light (yellow/green, page 13)

Use only original power supply units (page 9)

Slot for the brief instructions guide (page 12)

Connection for the power supply (page 9)

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CardioMessenger II-S

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

How Home Monitoring works . . . . . . . . . 3

Check the completeness of the delivery . . 5

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Insert brief instructions guide . . . . . . . 12

Operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Check lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Call back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Switch off the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cleaning, maintenance, and disposal . . . 19

Precautionary measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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CardioMessenger II-S Introduction

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Introduction

Dear patient:
You have received a pacemaker or implantable

cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with the
additional Home Monitoring function by
BIOTRONIK. With Home Monitoring, the state
of your heart's health and your implant are
surveyed on a daily basis while you are at
home. Your physician can catch up at regular
intervals on how your heart is doing.

How Home Monitoring works

Your implant is equipped with a special
transmitter (1). Usually at night, the
transmitter sends daily information on your
heart to the patient device, your
CardioMessenger (2).

The transmission power from your implant is
low and does not impair your health in any way.
Its limited transmission range, however,
requires the use of the CardioMessenger.

The CardioMessenger collects the information
received from the implant and automatically

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transmits it to the BIOTRONIK Service Center
(4) as encoded messages via a mobile
connection (3).

Here, the messages are decoded and made
available for viewing by your physician (5) on a
protected web site.

Based on the information received, your
physician can decide if your implant is best
configured, or if the therapy needs
adjustments. In this way, Home Monitoring
serves as a practical diagnostic aid to your
physician.

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CardioMessenger II-S Check the completeness of the delivery

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Check the completeness of the delivery

Check all components for visible damage
before using them. Use only components
which are undamaged.

The delivery includes the following:

CardioMessenger II-S

Power supply unit with electricity cable and DC
plug

Technical manual with brief instructions guide

Warning!

Use the CardioMessenger only if it is
undamaged. Return a damaged
CardioMessenger to your physician.

Warning!

Use only the original parts included (for
details, see "Technical data", page 27).
Other equipment may impair proper
functioning of the CardioMessenger and
increase the emitted interference and the

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device's susceptibility to interference.
The label on the back side of the
CardioMessenger indicates the approved
power supply units:

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CardioMessenger II-S Setup

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Setup

Place the CardioMessenger on your bedside
table. The bedside table is suitable because it
usually meets the following conditions:

2

The CardioMessenger is placed on a solid
base and cannot fall.

2

The distance to the implant is less than 2
meters so that regular data transmission at
night is assured.
At the same time is the distance to the
implant more than 20 centimeters and the
CardioMessenger has no influence on your
implant.

Warning!

The distance between CardioMessenger and
implant has to be at least 20 centimeters.

The CardioMessenger contains a mobile
module ("Mobile"). In order to prevent any
interferences of the implant, you have to
keep the prescribed minimum distance
between implant and cellular phone also to
the CardioMessenger.

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Please take the following also into
consideration:

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Place the CardioMessenger in such a way
that the lights can easily be viewed during
the day. If the lights disturb you in your
sleep, turn the CardioMessenger away from
you. Do not place the CardioMessenger on
the floor, next to, or under your bed.

2

Do not place the CardioMessenger next to a
television set, microwave oven, or a similar
source of electromagnetic interference.

Note

If the CardioMessenger is too close to a
loudspeaker (or a radio alarm or TV), you
may hear interference noises typical for
cellular phones.

2

Do not expose the CardioMessenger to
temperatures exceeding 40 °C. Do not put it
on a place with direct sun light and do not
place it directly under a halogen spotlight.

2

Do not expose the CardioMessenger to
temperatures lower than 10 °C.

2

Protect the CardioMessenger against water
and high humidity. Do not place it in the
bathroom.

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CardioMessenger II-S Connection

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Connection

Connect the CardioMessenger to the power
supply. The outlet to be used has to be easily
accessible. Use the supplied power supply unit
with electricity cable and DC plug.

Warning!

Use only the original parts included (for
details, see "Technical data", page 27).
Other equipment may impair proper
functioning of the CardioMessenger and
increase the emitted interference and the
device's susceptibility to interference.
The label on the back side of the
CardioMessenger indicates the approved
power supply units:

1. Connect the DC plug at the end of the
electricity cable to the port on the left side
of the CardioMessenger.

The connector port is
labeled with the following
symbol:

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2. Connect the power supply unit to the outlet.
See that the outlet is not controlled by a

light switch. This will prevent you from
turning off the CardioMessenger
accidentally.

Self-test

The CardioMessenger automatically conducts
a self-test after being connected.

At first, both
lamps on the
front side of the
CardioMessenger
light up yellow for
a short while.

After about 10 seconds, the call back light will
turn off.

Then the
CardioMessenger checks
the connection to the
BIOTRONIK Service
Center. Only the
operating light
illuminates yellow.

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