X-Smart® Go Measurement Cable

X-Smart® Go · Dentsply Sirona · measurement cable

When the two beeps stop, look at the cable first

Nothing on the screen, halfway through a molar. Is it the canal, the clip or the lead? Every X-Smart® Go measurement opens with two beeps – that is the circuit closing. The instructions are blunt about what their absence means: “Absence of the two beeps audio signal indicates a faulty connection.” This is the lead that carries the whole measuring circuit, and it is the one part of it that cannot be autoclaved, so it ages differently from everything else on the tray.

This pack: X-Smart® Go Measurement Cable · one cable, plugs into the handpiece measuring receptacle and carries the lip clip and file clip · REF B00XSGOAC0001
Dentsply Sirona · Class I medical device · wipe-disinfect only, not sterilisable

What the instructions say about it

›  The cable, with the lip clip and file clip attached, is one of the device's applied parts – the part list that has to be reprocessed between patients.
›  There is a built-in test for it. Connect the metal part of the file clip to the lip clip with the motor on; a cable connection test icon should appear. “If no icon appears, the file clip or the measurement cable should be replaced.”
›  Wipe with a single-use wipe or a cloth soaked in an approved, aldehyde-free disinfecting solution. Do not spray solution straight onto it.
›  Disconnect the clips from the patient before unplugging the cable from the device – that is the order the instructions give, and it is what stops the plug taking the strain.

Questions we get asked

Can I autoclave it with the clips?
No. The clips are made for it – 200 cycles each – but the cable, the handpiece, the power bank and the charger are all wipe-only. Detach the clips from the cable at the disassembly step and they go through separately.

Readings are jumping about – cable or clips?
Run the cable connection test above; it separates the two in about ten seconds. If the icon appears, the lead is fine and the usual causes are a soiled file clip, a lip clip not sitting on wet mucosa, or a canal too dry to conduct.

The rest of the measuring circuit

X-Smart® Go Measurement Cable · carries the lip clip and file clip · both measurement modes · Class I · wipe-disinfect only, not sterilisable · 6-month warranty · Dentsply Sirona · REF B00XSGOAC0001