The footswitch has its own serial number. In the DFU it’s recommended to mark the footswitch and unit that go together. If the unit and footswitch are not marked, push down on the footswitch to the second position and look for a unit with the Boost light illuminated to match the footswitch and unit.

Yes. The footswitch uses 2 “AA” batteries. A package of 4 “AA” alkaline batteries is included. They are standard alkaline batteries that can be purchased anywhere.

Yes. The second position requires more pressure to achieve to avoid inadvertently being in the boost mode throughout the procedure, but is still comfortable for the foot and leg.

It depends on usage, but with average use the batteries tested to last approximately 5 months. Testing is ongoing for the use of a lithium battery, which has a significantly longer lifespan.

Yes. The comfort grip is made of the same material that is used for the Bellissima™ inserts.

The comfort grip can be autoclaved on the handpiece or removed and autoclaved separately. Tests were done with injecting bacteria under the comfort grip on the handpiece, then autoclaving the handpiece with the comfort grip in place. Results showed no live bacteria under the comfort grip after autoclaving.

The handpiece must be autoclaved even if a comfort grip is used and autoclaved separately. There is still a portion of the handpiece that is exposed when placed in the patient’s oral cavity with the comfort grip thus the handpiece must be sterilized (autoclaved).

The Steri-Mate handpiece for the Cavitron Plus systems is the same design (shape, length) as the current Steri-Mate so the comfort grip should work on existing Steri-Mate handpieces as well.

No. The handpiece works the same with or without the comfort grip. The comfort grip provides additional ergonomic benefit by increasing the “pinch width” which helps reduce the incidence of carpal tunnel.

The comfort grip has tested to last through 1000 autoclaves. The colour of the comfort grip may begin to fade from autoclaving.

Yes, the Cavitron Plus works with all Cavitron 30K inserts.

Yes. Cavitron Plus is designed to work with DualSelect

The unit and footswitch are synchronized at the factory with a unique address that applies only to these two components.

There is a synchronization process (described in the DFU) which re-synchronizes the footswitch and unit with a new unique address.

The footswitch operates at 2.4GHz. This is an open frequency around the world containing multiple channels and is regulated by the FCC. The footswitch operation in this frequency complies with all FCC regulations. Communication cannot be more than 1 second in duration; the footswitch uses intervals of a quarter second for communication between the footswitch and base unit. The unique address system insures that the footswitch and unit communicate only to each other. Although they may “hear” other things in that frequency, there is a firewall that prevents them from getting through.