Covidien Valleylab FX8 Series Quick Reference Manual

Valleylab™ FX8 Series Energy Platform

FX8 Series Energy Platform, part of the Valleylab™ energy portfolio that stands for confidence.

Quick Reference Guide

Front Back

Monopolar Shared Coag Set up

Helpful Hints

Once enabled, a feature stays available until
someone disables it.

‘SOFT’ Coag can also be enabled and activated.

‘SHARED’ Coag can be used with two pencils

or one pencil and a Triverse

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device.

Power Switch

Foot Pedal Receptacles

Speaker Output

Power Settings

Bipolar

Rear Panel

AC Inlet (2 fuses)

Equipotential Ground

Airflow

Airflow

Cover
(USB/Ethernet) Ports

EKG Blanking/Smoke
Evacuation Ports

UFP Monopolar 1

Monopolar 2

REM

REM Indicator

Service/Clinical Features

Volume Adjust

Restore Settings

Initial Screen

Mode Selection

Pencil Insertion and
Power Selection

1

2

3

Press ‘SETTINGS’ button

4

CUT mode power indicator

CUT mode on/off

Valleylab
mode power
range selector

Slider
position
indicator

COAG mode
power indicator

Triverse™

Setup

‘SHARED’ Coag Activation

8

Press ‘CLINICAL FEATURES’ button

5

Press to enable ‘SHARED COAG’ for use

6

Press to select ‘SHARED’ Coag for use

7

Exit ‘SHARED’ Coag mode

9

Bipolar

Enabling FT modes

Helpful Hints

To enable FT MODES,
disable the FX MODES.

To return to FX MODES,

disable the FT MODES.

Bipolar has FT modes

LOW (1 – 15 Watts)
MED (16 – 40 Watts)
HIGH (45 – 95 Watts)

Bipolar has FX Modes

(default)

PRECISE (1–70 Watts)
STANDARD (1–70 Watts)
MACRO (1–70 Watts)

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Press ‘SETTINGS’ button

1

Press ‘CLINICAL FEATURES’ button

2

Press ‘BIPOLAR’ tab

3

Press blue ‘FX MODES’ button to deselect
FX modes which enables FT modes for use

Select to activate ‘FT MODE’
power setting.

Helpful Hints

AUTO BIPOLAR and AMMETER must also be
ENABLED for use

- Both can be enabled, but only one can be
activated at a time in the ‘Bipolar Menu’

pop-up. Once autobipolar is activated, the
icons below will appear. (Note: the icon for
autobipolar delay will only appear if a delay
is set).

‘FT MODES’ are enabled when the button
turns gray which disables ‘FX MODES’

4

6

5

BIPOLAR
menu

Auto
BIPOLAR
ON

Auto
BIPOLAR
delay time