PHACON SINUS TRAINER User manual
USER MANUAL
PHACON SINUS TRAINER
your trackers
your tracking camera
your patient
your pointer
your holder tray with skull
your PHACON navigation soware
DISCOVER THE INTRODUCTION
IN OUR PHACON TRAINER:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
06 TRAINER COMPONENTS
07 LAPTOP DISPLAY SCREEN
08 BUTTONS
09 OPERATE THE TRAINER
09 Enter the application
11 Perform setup for navigation
12 Perform patient calibration
13 Perform tool calibration
14 Select a view during simulation
15 Select the axis view
15 Adjust the quality or perspective of the X, Y, and Z windowpane display
16 Adjust the perspective of the 3-D windowpane display
16 Change the view mode of the 3-D windowpane display
17 Virtually extend the tool
18 Adjust the opacity value of an anatomical structure
19 View status during simulation
20 View the training session results
22 Compare with other group results
22 Remove a group
PAGE THEMES
23 CLEANING
23 Clean the skull
23 Clean the skull holder with tray
23 Clean the trainer accessories
24 TROUBLESHOOTING
24 Troubleshooting
26 Error Messages
27 HOW TO PACK THE TRANSPORT CASE
28 PRODUCT WARRANTIES
29 MANUFACTURERS DECLARATION
PAGE THEMES
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ALaptop with navigation soware
BPower supply suitable for the voltage of the country
CMask
DMouse
E Navigation camera
FSinus skull
GHolder Tray with adjustable skull xation
HGround cable (3x)
IInstrument tracker for ball probe
JPointer
KInstrument tracker for suction
M3 x Instrument tracker for dierent drills
LInstrument tracker for a blakesley or trucut
NO-Ring for xation of the tracker drill
TRAINER COMPONENTS
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LAPTOP DISPLAY SCREEN
ATitle Menu Bar – Used to access the title bar button options, including the HELP button, the TUTORIAL button
and the END button to return to the MAIN MENU.
BPanel Menu Bar – Used to access the panel menu button options, including the SETUP button, the VIEW button,
and the STATUS button. Each button provides access to a specic panel type.
C Camera Line of Sight – Used to display the image within the navigation camera’s line of sight.
DSimulation Time – Used to display the start time of the simulation, the current time, and the duration of the
simulation session.
EWindowpanes (4) – Used to display the three computed tomography (CT) scan image views and 3-D view of the
skull and Patient.
FSlice Selection Slide Bar – Used to select the slice view of the CT scan image.
GAxis Identication – Used to identify the CT scan image axis, including the x-axis (sagittal plane), the y-axis
(coronal plane), and the z-axis (transverse plane), the maximum number of slices and the current slice.
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BUTTONS
PHACON
3D LIFE MODELING & SIMULATION
Buttons
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Button Definition
Button Definition
Login as guest. Reload detected patient CT-data.
Access the MAIN MENU screen to view
major menu options.
Access the SIMULATION screen to begin
a training session.
Access the RESULTS screen to view and
compare the training session data.
Access the ABOUT dialog box to view
hardware and software information.
Accept inputs, changes or selections
and return to the previous screen.
Reject inputs, changes or selections and
return to the previous screen.
Access the CREATE NEW USER dialog
box to create a new user profile, user
name and password.
Access the SETUP panel to perform
calibration of an instrument or patient.
Initiate the calibration of instruments or
patient from the SETUP panel.
Select the factory default calibration set-
tings programmed for the instrument or
Patient.
Begin a SIMULATION or training session
from the SETUP panel.
Continue a SIMULATION or training
session from the SETUP panel.
Access and view the training session
results in a graphical format.
Access and view the training session
results in a tabular format.
Virtual extension of the instrument.
Open a tutorial.
Add a graph in the result screen.
Select or toggle the language for the
software (German / English).
Reset the default settings for brightness,
contrast and slice position in the 4
windowpane in the simulation mode.
Close and exit the program.
End the SIMULATION or training
session.
Access the HELP dialog box to view
instructions for use information.
Access the VIEW panel to select or
modify a screen view or perspective.
Access the STATUS panel to view the
number of injured risk structures during
a training session.
Select the POINTER for recalibration
and use.
Select the angled drill for recalibration
and use.
Select the ballprobe for recalibration
and use.
Select the blakesley for recalibration
and use.
Select the suction device for recalibration
and use.
Access the sagittal view of the skull CT
data as a full screen display.
Access the coronal view of the skull CT
data as a full screen display.
Access the transversal view of the skull
CT data as a full screen display.
Access the 3-D view of the Patient and skull
as a full screen display.
Return to the default 4-windowpane
screen view.
View a navigated instrument in the 3-D
windowpane as if a virtual camera was
mounted on the tip of the instrument.
View a navigated instrument without the
virtual camera option.
Access the camera view onto the transparent
cochlea.
Record a video of the camera view of the
cochlea.
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ENTER THE APPLICATION
1. Double click on the „PHACON Trainer“ icon located on the laptop computer desktop to log into the
training program (Fig. 2).
OPERATE THE TRAINER
2. Enter your unique user name and password.
NOTE: If you are a new user, click on the CREATE NEW USER button. A CREATE NEW USER dialog box will
appear. Enter the required information into each eld, and then click OK.
3. Aer a successful LOGIN, an existing group can be selected in the GROUP drop-down list (Fig. 3 page 5).
Select an existing group or enter a new group name into the NEW GROUP NAME eld, then click OK.
4. From the MAIN MENU screen, click the SIMULATION button (Fig. 3 page 5).
Fig.: 2
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5. Click on the SETUP button to perform instrument and patient calibration for optimal navigation results.
6. See To Perform Setup for Navigation section.
7. Click on the START button to begin simulation without performing calibration (Fig. 4).
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