Ventec Life Systems VOCSN, VOCSN-VC Clinical Quick Start Manual

Clinical Quick Start Guide

VOCSN offers mechanical Ventilation, Oxygen, Cough, Suction, and Nebulizer therapies in one compact,
portable, lightweight device.

This Quick Start Guide is intended to provide a high-level overview of VOCSN use, and does not
contain all the information required to operate VOCSN safely. For detailed instructions for use, see
the Clinicial and Technical Manual, available online at VentecLife.com.

Critical Care Ventilator

VOCSN is one of the few portable ventilators to achieve the rigorous critical care
standard1 for safety and accuracy. The ventilator provides invasive, noninvasive, and
mouthpiece ventilation and delivers a comprehensive set of modes and settings to
meet patient needs.

VENTILATION

6 L/min Equivalent Internal Oxygen Concentrator

The VOCSN internal oxygen concentrator and Oxygen DirectTM system deliver the
equivalent of 6 L/min of oxygen or up to 40% FiO2. External high pressure and low

2

pressure oxygen sources can be connected when needed.

OXYGEN

COUGH

SUCTION

Touch Button Cough

Touch Button CoughTM therapy is activated in seconds rather than minutes, without
changing the circuit. Breath Sync monitors patient breathing and triggers a cough at
a natural point in the breathing cycle.

Hospital Grade Suction

Hospital grade suction system provides consistent high flows throughout the entire
suction experience. VOCSN Suction therapy is up to three times quieter than
traditional portable suction machines.

High Performance Nebulizer

VOCSN automatically compensates for the airflow from the nebulizer drive to ensure
accurate ventilation and comfortable breathing. VOCSN records each medication
use and turns off the nebulizer when the therapy is complete.

NEBULIZER

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Quick Start Guide

Table of Contents

VOCSN Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Locking and Unlocking the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Night Mode and Day Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Clinician Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Enable Prescribed Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Exit Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

VOCSN Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Powering VOCSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting Patient Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting and Removing a Bacterial Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Mouthpiece Patient Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Active, Passive, and Valveless Ventec One-Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting a Ventec One-Circuit O2 Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting an Active Ventec One-Circuit Multilumen Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Pre-Use Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Changing Ventilation, Oxygen, and Cough Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting Ventilation and Oxygen Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Alarm Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Alarm and Event Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Silencing Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting a Nurse Call System or Remote Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Ventilation Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Oxygen Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting External Oxygen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Cough Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Suction Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting a Suction Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The Ventec Travel Suction Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The External Suction Canister Adapter (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Nebulizer Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

External Nebulizer Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Internal Nebulizer Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

VOCSN Therapy Interactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Maintaining Oxygenation During Nebulizer or Suction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Comparable Ventilation Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Volume Ventilation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Pressure Ventilation Modes (Including Volume-Targeted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Non-Invasive Ventilation Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

VOCSN Controls Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Clinical Quick Start Guide

VOCSN Configurations

VOCSN may include all five therapies and all the features described in this guide, or just the set of therapies
and features purchased or prescribed by the treating physician. Depending on its configuration, VOCSN will
be able to provide Ventilation, +Oxygen Concentration, +Cough, +Suction, and/or +Nebulizer therapy. It
may also be able to provide oxygen from an external high-pressure source and FiO2 monitoring (+Pro
configurations) or low-pressure oxygen (all configurations). The configuration name is based on the therapies
VOCSN can provide. For example, the V+C configuration provides Ventilation+Cough therapies. The
configuration name is printed on the back of the device.

Configuration
(Located on Device
Rear Label)

V+O+C+S+N+Pro

(or “VOCSN”)

V+O+C+S+N
V+C+Pro

(or “VOCSN-VC”)

V+C

Ventilation

(V)

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Yes No Yes No No Ye s Yes

Yes No Yes No No No Ye s

O2

Concentration

(+O)

Hardware Overview

12

11

10

1

9

8

2

3

4

5 6

Touchscreen

1

Speaker

2

Alarm Silence button

3

External Power / Charge Status indicator light

4

Power button and indicator light

5

Removable, rechargeable battery

6

Active exhalation valve connection port

7

Ventec One-Circuit O2 tube connection port

8

(+O configurations only)
Nebulizer drive port (+N configurations only)

9

External bacterial filter and Ventec One-Circuit

10

connection port
Handle

11

Cooling air outlet

12

7

High-Pressure

External

Oxygen and

Cough

(+C)

13
14
15
16
17
18

19

20

21

22

23
24
25

Suction

(+S)

13

14

15

16

17

Handle

T-Slot mount

Cooling air outlet and Cough therapy exhaust

High-pressure O2 input port (+Pro configurations only)

Low-pressure O2 input port

Remote alarm or Nurse Call Cable port
USB port for use by trained personnel only. See the

Clinical and Technical Manual for details.

Cooling air intake and filter

Power connection port

Patient air inlet and filter

Removable, rechargeable battery

Suction interface

Cooling air outlet

18

19

Nebulizer

+(N)

20

FiO2 Monitor

22

21

(+Pro)

23

Low­Pressure
External

Oxygen

25

24

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Software Overview

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Clinical Quick Start Guide

Pressure Monitor

Navigation Links

Clinician

Link to Active and

Recent Alarms

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

Home

VENTILATION

Therapy MenuMonitors

Active

Therapies

V O

Access

Status

SIMV-VOL

Lock

Screen

NEBULIZERSUCTIONCOUGHOXYGEN

Power
Status

Links to VOCSN Thera

y Screens

Locking and Unlocking the Touchscreen

To lock and unlock the VOCSN touchscreen, use the status bar to press and hold the lock screen button for
three seconds. A pop-up message will appear to confirm your action.

LOCKEDUNLOCKED

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Night Mode and Day Mode

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GS

C

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Access

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S

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Clinical Quick Start Guide

Use the Home screen to change between
Night Mode and Day Mode.

1 Press NIGHT MODE to dim the LCD

NIGHT MODE

display.

2 Press DAY MODE for full screen

brightness.

DAY MODE

Clinician Access

To lock or unlock VOCSN:

1 Press CLINICIAN ACCESS in the Menu tab.

2 Locate the device serial number printed on the VOCSN

back label. It is also visible from the Service section of the

MY VOCSN screen.

3 Enter the four-digit Clinician Access passcode (the last

four digits of the device serial number), and then press

ACCEPT.

SIMV-VOL

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

Home

15

BPM

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

Home

CLINICIAN

ACCESS

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

Home

Please enter passcode

CLINICIAN

ACCESS

V O

Therapy MenuMonitors

430

mL

TIDAL VOLUME

V O

Therapy MenuMonitors

SETTINGS

& ALARMS

V O

Therapy MenuMonitors

Click OK to enter Clinician

lick OK to ent

for clinician access

Access mode.

m

SETTINGS

ETTIN

& ALARMS

Preset 1

VENT PRESETBREATH RATE

SIMV-VOL

SETTINGS

SIMV-VOL

SETTINGS

NIGHT MODE

LOGSPRE-USE TEST DEVICE

i

MY VOCSN

123

Menu

456

7089

LOGSPRE-USE TEST DEVICE

ACCEPTCANCEL

i

MY VOCSN

If the UNLOCK REQUIRED? control is set to No, all VOCSN
controls will be configurable by any VOCSN user. When set to Yes ,
controls set to Clinician Only in the PERMISSIONS screen will be

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

Home

Therapy MenuMonitors

V O

SIMV-VOL

locked.

LOGSPRE-USE TEST

i

MY VOCSN

EDIT

V O

SIMV-VOL

PRESET 2PRESET 2PRESET 1PRESET 1

DEVICE

SETTINGS

R

PERMISSIONS

X

To enable or disable the Clinician Access feature:

1 Press DEVICE SETTINGS in the Menu tab.

2 Press edit, and then change the UNLOCK REQUIRED?

control to Yes or No.

SETTINGS
& ALARMS

C

C

COUGH

COUGH

C

O

NEBULIZE

N

S

N

CLINICIAN

ACCESS

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

PRESCRIPTIONS

EXIT

INSUFFLATION TIME

ALARM VOLUME

DATE

TIME

CALIBRATE TOUCHSCREEN

UNLOCK REQUIRED?

ENABLE PRESCRIBED

THERAPIES

DEVICE

SETTINGS

3.0 seconds

Medium

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02:32 PM

Yes

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Permissions

Clinical Quick Start Guide

Using the Permissions feature, VOCSN can be locked so that a
Clinician Access passcode is required to change controls. To
configure which controls are locked, press PERMISSIONS in the

Menu tab. Then, use the toggles to set each control.

• User and Clinician - Unlocked. Accessible at all times.

• Clinician Only - Locked. Control changes require the

Clinician Access passcode.

Enable Prescribed Therapies

Press the ENABLE PRESCRIBED THERAPIES
button to enable or disable VOCSN therapies
such as the internal O2 Concentrator, Cough,
Suction, Nebulizer, and/or the FiO2 Monitor.

This feature allows clinicians to enable a suite of
therapies appropriate for the patient condition,
and disable others.

SIMV-VOL

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

EXITEXIT

CIRCUIT TYPE

MODE

HUMIDIFICATION

BREATH RATE

INSPIRATORY TIME

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

Home

CLINICIAN

ACCESS

VENTILATOR

VENTILATOR

VENTILATOR

PERMISSIONS

PERMISSIONS

PERMISSIONS

V O

COUGH

COUGH

COUGH

PERMISSIONS

PERMISSIONS

PERMISSIONS

User and Clinician

Clinician Only

User and Clinician

User and Clinician

User and Clinician

V O

Therapy MenuMonitors

SETTINGS
& ALARMS

C

C

COUGH

COUGH

C

O

NEBULIZE

N

S

N

ENABLE PRESCRIBED

THERAPIES

SIMV-VOL

DEVICE

SETTINGS

PERMISSIONS

R

X

NEBULIZER

NEBULIZER

NEBULIZER

PERMISSIONS

PERMISSIONS

PERMISSIONS

LOGSPRE-USE TEST

i

MY VOCSN

NOTE: The Enable Prescribed Therapies button is only visible when VOCSN is in Clinician Access mode.

Exit Buttons

VOCSN software has two types of EXIT buttons to navigate to the
previous screen:

• Inside therapy screens, the EXIT button appears as a

back arrow on the left-hand side of the screen.

• Inside configuration screens, the EXIT button will

appear as a tab in the upper left-hand corner.

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

EXIT

No Alarms

0 5 10 15 20 25 30L H

PRESSURE (cmH20)

MODE

CIRCUIT TYPE

TIDAL VOLUME

BREATH RATE

INSPIRATORY TIME

PEEP

SIGH

Prepare patient circuit for ventilation,

select preset, and press START to begin.

SIMV-VOL

NOW ACTIVE

SIMV-VOL

Active

450 mL

20 BPM

1.0 seconds

10 cmH20

OFF

SIMV-VOL

V O

NIGHTDAY

AC-PRES

SIMV-VOL

V O

NIGHTDAYEXIT MOBILE

MOBILE

SIMV-PRES

ACTIVE NOW

STARTSTART

PRESS TO EDIT

25 30

H

PRESS TO EDIT

SETTINGS
& ALARMS

EDIT

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Clinical Quick Start Guide

VOCSN Placement

When selecting a place to operate VOCSN, keep the following in mind:

• Do not block VOCSN air inlets and vents.

• Do not operate VOCSN on its back or on compliant bedding, which may obstruct the airflow

around it.

• Do not cover VOCSN with towels or other materials.

• VOCSN should be placed in a well-ventilated area, free of airborne pollutants, contaminants, and

fumes.

• Always have a backup means of ventilation available, as well as a backup means of any other

therapy critical to patient care.

• Do operate VOCSN near smoke, open flame, or heat sources while Oxygen therapy is in use. This

could cause fire or explosion and serious harm to the patient.

• Over time, direct sunlight may compromise the integrity of VOCSN plastic housing or the Ventec

One-Circuit. Place VOCSN in a location that is not exposed to extended periods of direct
sunlight.

• Ensure the environment is within the recommended operating range of temperature, altitude, and

relative humidity for VOCSN. (5 to 40 °C, 700 to 1060 hPA, 15% to 90% RH)

Powering VOCSN

Use the Power button on the front right side of VOCSN to turn it on
and off. Listen for two audio tones every time you power on
VOCSN. This verifies the VOCSN backup buzzer, which is used in
case of an Inop alarm condition or issue with the VOCSN speaker.

Power

The Power Supply

Whenever possible, connect VOCSN to an external source of continuous power. Verify the external power
indicator appears on the touchscreen when VOCSN in plugged in.

button

2

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