Patient Assistant PA96000 for Reveal LINQ ICM


Patient Assistant PA96000 

The Patient Assistant Model PA96000 is used to record (mark) heart rhythm data in the patient’s insertable cardiac monitor. It is an optional accessory your doctor may recommend that you carry to mark symptoms related to your heart condition.   Data are stored in the cardiac device, not the Patient Assistant. The patient’s doctor uses the data to check their patient’s heart rhythm and to help determine if the patient’s symptoms are heart related. Examples of symptoms (sometimes called “events”) include fainting, palpitations, dizziness, and shortness of breath.

 

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Use a PA96000 to mark patient symptom:

  1. When you experience a symptom, press and release the button. The searching light will start to flash blue.
  2. Quickly hold the PA96000 flat against your chest, directly over your Reveal LINQ ICM.
  3. When a symptom is successfully marked, the success tone will sound and the success light will illuminate green. If the success signals do not occur with 15 seconds repeat steps 1-2.

Your home transmitter will share what is happening with your heart the next time it sends information to your doctor

 

 Instructional Video [3:30]

 

Troubleshooting

Problem

Possible cause and solution

You pressed the Record Symptom button, but the blue Searching light does not flash
  • Electromagnetic interference. Move away from the source of the interference (an electrical or magnetic item), press the button again, and wait for a response.
  • The Patient Assistant may have been in an environment that was too cold or hot. Allow it to come to room temperature, and then press the button again and wait for a response.

You pressed the Record Symptom button and the blue Searching light flashes, but no Success tone sounds and no green Success light illuminates.
  • Insufficient telemetry; the Patient Assistant did not communicate with the cardiac device. Reposition the Patient Assistant directly over the cardiac device, press the button again, and wait for a response.
  • Electromagnetic interference. Move away from the source of interference (an electrical or magnetic item), press the button again, and wait for a response

You pressed the Record Symptom button, the blue Searching light flashes, and the green Success light illuminates, but no Success tone sounds.
  • Your current environment is too loud to hear the Success tone. Move to a quieter environment, press the button again, and wait for a response.

You pressed the Record Symptom button, the blue Searching light flashes, the Success tone sounds, but the green Success light does not illuminate.
  • Your current environment is too bright to see the green Success light. Move to a darker environment, press the button again, and wait for a response.

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Additional Information

Specifications:

 

Longevity:

When used at room temperature, the PA96000 button can be pressed a minimum of 200 times before the battery is depleted. The PA96000 will cease to function, and the lights will no longer operate when the battery is depleted. There is no low battery indicator. 

 

Replacement and Return:

 

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