
CARELINK
EXPRESS™
MONITOR 2020B/2020C
Instruction Card
Caution: Federal law (USA)
restricts this device to sale by or
on the order of a physician.

Warning: For use with Medtronic
implantable cardiac devices only.
Intended Use
The Medtronic CareLink Express Monitor
Models 2020B and 2020C are portable
interrogation and data transfer tools used
with Medtronic implantable cardiac
devices.
Monitor features
1. Power button
2. Power Status light (green)
3. Reading Status lights (green)
4. Sending Status lights (green)
5. Sending Complete light (green)
6. Battery Status light (orange)
7. Antenna Position Status light
(orange)
8. Telephone Line Status light (orange)
Using the monitor
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Refer to the supported device card to
determine the appropriate monitor to
use when interrogating the patient’s
implanted cardiac device.
■
Interrogate the patient’s device with
the Model 2020B first. If the Model
2020B does not identify the patient’s
device, then interrogate it with the
Model 2020C.
■
Verify that the facility’s CareLink
account is active.
■
Verify that the batteries are installed
with proper polarity.
■
Locate an analog telephone line wall
socket. The monitor does not need to
be connected to an analog telephone
line wall socket during the
interrogation of a patient’s implanted
cardiac device. The monitor must be
connected to an analog telephone
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line wall socket within 15 minutes of
the interrogation to complete the
transmission to the Medtronic
CareLink network. If the monitor is
not connected to an analog
telephone line wall socket within
15 minutes, the monitor powers
down, the patient’s data is lost, and
the interrogation must be performed
again.
■
If you must end the interrogation of
the patient’s implanted device before
it is complete, remove the antenna
from over the implanted device and
turn off the monitor. When you are
ready to restart the session, repeat
the interrogation procedures.
■
If a sterile barrier is required between
the monitor antenna and the patient,
cover the antenna and antenna cable
with Medtronic Sterile Sleeve
Model 6177, and follow standard
sterile procedures.
1. Press the Power button.
2. Hold the antenna directly over the
patient’s implanted device to begin
interrogation.
3. Watch the status lights on the display
panel on the front of the monitor:
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