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3. SI 990101 Ventilator Alarms and INOSYS Nitric Oxide Delivery System ..... 5
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1. SI 980301 Ventilator Alarms and INOSYS Nitric
Oxide Delivery System
Subject :Ventilator Alarms and INOSYS Nitric Oxide
Delivery System
Equipment :2000 and 2000 HFO Infant Ventilators
Serial Numbers :All
Service Information Number :980301
Change Note Ref 0521
Date :27 May 1998
The INOSYS Nitric Oxide Delivery System has the ability to accept an alarm
signal from the ventilator it is being used with, in the event of a leak being detected
in the patient circuit. This will shut off the supply of NO to the flowmeters and hence
to the patient. This signal is connected via a rear panel 3 pin Din connector. The
signal levels required are TTL compatible, active low. i.e. +5 volts = valve open. 0
volts = valve closed.
The following modifications are required to the SLE 2000 and 2000 HFO Infant
Ventilators, if you wish to feed an alarm signal to the INOSYS unit to cut off the
supply of NO gas to the patient in the event of a fresh gas supply reduction, due to
a high alarm condition or ventilator failure.
Connect a wire from pin 16 of the Power Supply Board A0703 via a lk_ 0 .25 watt
resistor to the spare pin 4 on the rear panel auxiliary output connector (7 Pin DIN).
The resistor should be connected directly to pin 4 and then sleeved with heatshrink
sleeving. The wire should follow the run of the existing cable loom, using cable ties
to hold it in place.
Connect a wire from PLB/pin 3 of the A0702 board to the spare pin 4 on the rear
panel auxiliary output connector (7 Pin DIN). This wire should follow the run of the
existing cable loom using, cable ties to hold it in place.
Note: A resistor is not required on the 2000 HFO as the alarm signal comes from
a buffer output.
Connecting Cable:-
A connecting cable will be required to connect the INOSYS and the Ventilator
together and this should be made up using a screened lead with the following pin
connections :-
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3 Pin plug INOSYS 7 Pin plug Ventilator
IMPORTANT:
Ventilators and INOSYS units must be checked to verify correct operation after
this modification has been carried out. See the appropriate user manuals for these
procedures.
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2. SI 980302 Ventilator oxygen cells (N2191)
The oxygen cells in the ventilators are fitted with an adhesive foam pad between
the sensor and the baseplate. This pad has, until now, been stuck to the mounting
base in the ventilator. This means that the pad does not get replaced when the
oxygen cell is replaced. Over a number of replacements of the oxygen cell, the
foam pad will compress and not be so effective at holding the cell in place.
New cells fitted to ventilators and replacement spares will now be provided with the
foam pad stuck to the base of them. This means that when the cell is replaced, the
foam pad is also replaced.
When fitting replacement cells it is now necessary to remove the old pad from the
mounting base first so the new cell with the pad stuck to the bottom can be
accomodated.
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3. SI 990101 Ventilator Alarms and INOSYS Nitric
Oxide Delivery System
Subject :Ventilator Alarms and INOSYS Nitric Oxide
Delivery System
Equipment :2000 and 2000 HFO Infant Ventilators
Serial Numbers :All ventilators built before 1999
Service Information Number :990101
Change Note Ref 0610
Date :7 January1999
The INOSYS Nitric Oxide Delivery System has the ability to accept an alarm signal
from the ventilator it is being used with, in the event of a leak being detected in the
patient circuit. This will shut off the supply of NO to the flowmeters and hence to the
patient. This signal is connected via a rear panel 3 pin Din connector. The signal
levels required are TTL compatible, active low. i.e. +5 volts = valve open. 0 volts =
valve closed.
The following modifications are required to the SLE 2000 and 2000 HFO Infant
Ventilators, if you wish to feed an alarm signal to the INOSYS unit to cut off the
supply of NO gas to the patient in the event of a fresh gas supply reduction, due to
a high alarm condition or ventilator failure.
Connect a wire from pin 16 of the Power Supply Board A0703 via a lk_ 0 .25 watt
resistor to the spare pin 4 on the rear panel auxiliary output connector (7 Pin DIN).
The resistor should be connected directly to pin 4 and then sleeved with heatshrink
sleeving. The wire should follow the run of the existing cable loom, using cable ties
to hold it in place.
Connect a wire from PLB/pin 3 of the A0702 board to the spare pin 4 on the rear
panel auxiliary output connector (7 Pin DIN). This wire should follow the run of the
existing cable loom using, cable ties to hold it in place.
Note: A resistor is not required on the 2000 HFO as the alarm signal comes from a
buffer output.
Connecting Cable:-
A connecting cable will be required to connect the INOSYS and the Ventilator
together and this should be made up using a screened lead with the following pin
connections :-
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3 Pin plug INOSYS 7 Pin plug Ventilator
IMPORTANT:
Ventilators and INOSYS units must be checked to verify correct operation after this
modification has been carried out. See the appropriate user manuals for these
procedures.
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4. SI 990302 Possible inadvertant solenoid failure
messages
(80C31/32 Microcontroller logical 1 to 0 transition currents on port 3)
Connect a diode (1N4007) in parallel with R34 with its cathode (+ve) connected to
the drain of Q4(IRLU110) on all A0702 boards.
Additionally, if the ventilator is an SLE2000 then change R32 to 8k2 and R34 to
91k. (0.25W 1% Metal Film)
Rationale: The diode will be reverse biassed when Q4 is turned off. When Q4 is
turned on it has a value of Rds of 0.5W, giving a Vds of <0.1v. The diode voltage is
added to this which shall result in the microcontroller i/p being pulled down to
<0.8v.
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Circuit Diagram changes
SLE 2000 changes SLE 2000 HFO & HFO ’plus’ Chan
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5. SI 000201 Leak Alarm Trigger Threshold.
Introduction
It has been notice during final test on some ventilators, that the leak alarm trigger
threshold is unstable causing the leak alarm “LED” to flicker and the alarm sound to
be intermittent.
This is unlikely to be problem in normal use, as the pressures in the patient circuit are
not stable enough to cause this condition to be seen. However as a precaution a
100nf capacitor has been added across the input of U500A Pins 2 & 3 on the A0702
Board.
The capacitor used is a 100nf multilayer palladium/ceramic type and can be order
from SLE using part Nº: C0481. Alternatively it can be ordered from your local
component supply using the Philips
part Nº: CW20C 104M
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100nf
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6. SI 000302 Replacement of Solenoid Valve
This service information is for reference only, no remedial action has to be carried
out on the ventilator.
The existing solenoid valve N2195 used in the SLE 2000 (NON CE Version) has
been superseded by solenoid valve N2195/08. The reason for this change is the
availability of the N2195 valve.
a Electrical
connection
1 3
2
a
The new valve although looking different, has the same electrical and pneumatic
properties as the old valve. The new valve is interchangeable with the old valve
within the ventilator.
Note: When fitting valve ensure that the knurled locking ring is tight and that the
electrical connections are on the opposite side to the port identification numbers
1,3,2.
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7. TB 990603 Removal of hour counter from electrical
chassis.
This bulletin has been raised due to a design change. The change being the
removal of a duplicated hour counter from the electronic chassis of SLE 2000 and
SLE 2000 HFO ventilators.
The change is to be phased in and some new ventilators will still have two hour
counters. This will cease when stocks of the old chassis have been exhausted.
The one hour counter, will be located in the pneumatic chassis. This is the unit that
is subject to the most wear and tear and requires a major overhaul at 10,000 hours,
so it is important that we record the running time of these chassis. The power
consumption of the hours counters is very small, so removal of one will not affect
the overall power rating of the ventilator.
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8. TB 000201 New versions of control software.
Introduction
Removal of audible bleep in patient triggered modes
Following customer feedback, the control software on the above range of ventilators
has been changed. In the new version the audible bleep, in PTV and SIMV modes is
suppressed for machine triggered breaths. Breaths are still indicated by the trigger
back up LED illuminating. If required the audible bleep can be re-instated by holding in
the reset button when powering up the ventilator.
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9. TB 000801 Ventilator Firmware Status
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V1.11 22/10/99 CN0676 Change to the averaging period of the mean
calculation to 4 seconds. Watchdog servicing
time changed from 350ms to 20ms.
V1.12 01/09/00 CN0729 Quantisation error correction in CMV mean
calculation.
Display firmware.
Firmware Date of Change Details of change.
version change note Nº
V1.0 17/01/95 Initial release
V1.1 07/02/95 Adjustment of the offset on the HFO rate display
by 2Hz., to allow for setting of the HFO rate
circuit without saturation at the top end.
V1.2 08/06/95 CN0056 Correction of error in Fail to Cycle detection
algorithm which caused spurious triggering of
Fail to Cycle alarm. Increased debouncing on
“Freeze” push button. Correction of graphic
display that did not update when the ventilator is
switched on with the display rate switch position
in 0.5sec setting.
V1.3 26/07/95 CN0063 Modification to prevent the screen going blank
when subject to 8KV ES discharge.
V1.4 20/12/95 CN0099 Correction of error in Fail to Cycle detection
which caused erroneous triggering at low
pressures.
V1.5 26/03/96 CN0116 Delta P to be displayed for CPAP and HFO
modes and ident on oscillator pressure gauge
changed.
V1.6 10/07/96 CN0156 Increased range of display of delta pressures.
Addition of display of pressure transducer
saturation (positive and negative).
V1.7 30/04/97 CN0308 Implementation of an HFO disconnection alarm
and pressure transducer drift alarm.
V1.8 15/05/97 CN0362 Modification of High alarm level (minimum
setting). Update of SLE logo. Addition of
conditional assembly directives for french
version.
V1.9 18/11/97 CN0428 Inclusion of display firmware in German.
CN0449 Change in method of setting the Delta P alarm.
V2.0 18/03/98 CN0495 Modification of the pressure transducer drift
detection algorithm.
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V2.1 26/02/99 CN0632 Inclusion of O2 alarm. High Delta P converted to
alarm condition. Delta P to be set as a
percentage rather than a fixed window.
Reduction of the response time of the Delta P
alarm.
Display firmware.
Firmware Date of Change Details of change.
version change note Nº
V1.0 30/09/98 CN0560 Initial release.
V1.1 08/12/98 CN0589 Removal of mean pressure drop alarm. High
delta P converted to alarm condition.
V1.2 12/02/98 CN0608 The response time of the delta P alarm
decreased at slower screen update rates.
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