Icare TA01i Instruction Manual - page 4
Icare tonometer TA01i manual English
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To obtain firm
support for the
patient’s
forehead, in order
to obtain an
accurate
measurement at
the right distance,
you can adjust the
forehead support
by turning the
forehead support
adjusting wheel.
Open the probe tube by removing
the cap and insert the probe into
probe base as shown in the
image. After the probe has been
inserted, be careful not to point it
down before activating the
tonometer in order to prevent
the probe from falling out.
Activate by pressing the
easurement button once and the
tonometer will be ready for
measurement when 00 appears
on the display. After activating
the probe is magnetized and will
not fall out.
CAUTION
Federal law (U.S.) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
PARTS OF THE TONOMETER
TURNING THE TONOMETER ON AND LOADING THE PROBE
Place the wrist strap into the wrist strap attachment. Place the wrist strap around your wrist and secure it. The wrist
strap protects the tonometer from dropping onto the floor accidentally. Insert batteries into the tonometer (page 9).
Press the measurement button to turn the tonometer ON. The tonometer display will display all of the LCD segments
(see the figure beside). Check that all of the segments are functional in the four-digit, sevensegment LCD display.
Following a brief pause, the display will show “LoAd,” reminding the user to load the single use probe into the
tonometer prior to measurement.
Load the probe in the following way:
MEASUREMENT
Since local anesthetic may lower the tonometer reading, we recommend that
you refrain from using an anesthetic when performing measurements.
Ask the patient to relax and look straight ahead at a specific point. Bring the
tonometer near the patient’s eye. The central groove should be in a horizontal
position, and the distance from the eye to the front part of the collar should
be the length of the collar. In other words, the distance from the tip of the
1. Forehead support
2. Forehead support adjusting wheel
3. Display
4. Collar
5. Selector button
6. Measurement button
7. Probe base
8. Central groove