Personal Ambulatory Oxygen System
Provider Technical Manual
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‘POWER CARTRIDGE (BATTERY) CONSERVATION’ FEATURE
While in Pulse Dose Mode, the Eclipse 3 is always monitoring for breath detection. After 15 seconds of no breath detected, the
Eclipse 3 “delivers” Continuous Flow at the last Continuous Flow setting. The system and display are still in Pulse Dose Mode
and the green Delivery Mode Indicator is blinking fast, indicating you are receiving a Continuous Flow. After 15 seconds, the
Eclipse 3 stops delivering Continuous Flow and waits 15 seconds for a breath. If a breath is detected, then the Eclipse 3 will go
back to Pulse Dose Mode. If a breath is not detected, the Battery Conservation function will continue; 15 seconds Continuous
Flow, 15 seconds Pulse Dose Mode. The Eclipse 3 will stay in this modality until a breath is detected.
This power management feature of the Eclipse 3 greatly conserves the operating life of the battery, extending therapy time
and patient mobility.
ADJUSTING THE PULSE DOSE MODE SENSITIVITY SETTING
The oxygen delivery trigger sensitivity may be adjusted to satisfy patient requirements, by selecting setting 1, 2 or 3 (1=most
sensitive, 3=least sensitive). The default setting for units coming from SeQual is “2”. To adjust the Pulse Sensitivity, perform the
following steps:
1. Have the patient sit quietly, with the nasal cannula properly fitted.
2. Put the Eclipse into Pulse Dose Mode at the patient’s prescribed flow setting.
3. Press the “No Smoking” icon until the “PS=” value is displayed.
4. Press the “
+
” or “
-
” buttons to raise or lower the sensitivity (1=most sensitive, 3=least sensitive.)
Raising the sensitivity will require additional inspiratory effort to trigger the oxygen pulse.
Lowering the sensitivity will require less inspiratory effort to trigger the oxygen pulse.
Too low of a setting may result in false triggering.
5. Verify that the patient is able to adequately trigger the oxygen delivery while speaking,
sitting quietly, and walking. Steps 1-6 may be repeated until the patient is able to
adequately trigger oxygen delivery.
NOTE:
The Eclipse requires a minimum of one minute to stabilize after a
change. After a setting change, always wait at least one minute be-
fore determining if another adjustment is necessary.
As with all conserving devices, the Eclipse may not be able to detect
some respiratory efforts.
WARNING:
