Chapter 8
Performance Verification
1049766 Rev A
V60 Ventilator Service Manual
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8.5.4
Pressure Accuracy (Test 4)
The pressure accuracy test verifies the accuracy of the inhalation and
exhalation pressure transducers.
Required equipment:
•
Low-pressure plug
•
9
/
16
-
3
/
4
in. tapered plug
•
22-mm connector
•
Pressure pick-off port
•
18-in. smooth-bore tubing
•
Proximal pressure line assembly
•
Certifier FA Plus analyzer
1. If the ventilator is not already in diagnostic mode, press and hold the
nav-ring Enter button and turn the ventilator on by pressing the
On/
Shutdown
button on the user interface. Within 5 seconds release and
press the nav-ring
Enter
button again to enter the Diagnostics Menu.
2. Touch
Service
, then
Pneumatics
.
3. Plug the internal exhalation port orifice (Figure 8-14).
Figure 8-14: Plug Internal Exhalation Port Orifice
4. Verify that the barometric pressure reading displayed on the ventilator
is 3.5% of the analyzer reading.
Use low-pressure plug to
plug internal exhalation
port orifice (underside of
ventilator)
