Recommended Maintenance Schedule
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CUSA EXcel System Service Manual
Recommended Maintenance Schedule
The following chart shows routine maintenance tasks, the equipment on
which you perform them, and how often you perform each task. The term
months refers to calendar months.
Table 9-1.
Routine maintenance task s
Frequency Equipment Task
W hen used H andpiece Clean and w ipe dry.
W hen used Tip torquing set Clean and w ipe dry.
W hen used CUSA console Clean and w ipe dry.
W hen used Cooling w ater
reserv oir
D iscard w ater from the reserv oir.
W hen used F ootsw itch 1 . D iscard the footsw itch cov er.
2 . Clean the footsw itch.
Ev ery month or 20
procedures, w hichev er comes fi rst
CUSA handpiece L ub ricate the handpiece connector
o-rings.
Ev ery 3 months, or
ev ery 12 to 15
procedures, w hichev er comes fi rst
CUSA console 1 . F ill the cooling w ater reserv oir w ith a
solution consisting of 10 0 cc of 7 0 %
alcohol and 90 0 cc of w ater.
2 . Connect the handpiece, then turn on
the system.
3 . Allow the system to run a few
cooling cycles to clean the interior
tub ing.
4 . Turn off the system.
5 . D iscard the alcohol solution, then fi ll
the reserv oir w ith distilled w ater.
6 . Turn on the system, and allow it to
cycle the w ater to clean the alcohol
solution out of the tub ing.
7 . Turn off the system.
8 . D iscard w ater from the reserv oir.
Ev ery 6 months or
w hen the surgeon
notices a lack of
suction
CUSA console Replace the contamination guard. W rite
either the installation date or the
ex piration date on the new guard.
Ev ery 6 months or
10 0 procedures,
w hichev er comes
fi rst
CUSA handpiece Replace the handpiece connector
o-rings.