IEC 60601-2-3:1991/AMD1:1998

Amendment 1 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-3: Particular requirements for the safety of short-wave therapy equipment

Contains a series of revisions to IEC 60601-2-3 (second edition, 1991) taking into account amendments 1 and 2 of the General Standard, which include reference to the collateral standards.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 29-Sep-1998
• ICS: 11.040.60 - Therapy equipment
• Technical Committee: SC 62D - Particular medical equipment, software, and systems
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 20-Apr-2012

Relations

• Revised: IEC 60601-2-3:2012 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-3: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of short-wave therapy equipment
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
60601-2-3
AMENDMENT 1
1998-09
Amendment 1
Medical electrical equipment –
Part 2:
Particular requirements for the safety
of short-wave therapy equipment
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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 62D: Electromedical equipment, of
IEC technical committee 62: Electrical equipment in medical practice.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
62D/292/FDIS 62D/298/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
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INTRODUCTION
This amendment contains a series of revisions to IEC 60601-2-3 (second edition, 1991) taking
into account amendments 1 and 2 of the General Standard, which include reference to the
collateral standards. The technical content remaining essentially unchanged.
NOTE – The page numbers referenced in this amendment are those in IEC 60601-2-3:1991.
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CONTENTS
Delete clauses 13 and 18 from the Contents.
Page 5
Replace "FIGURES 101 à 104" by "FIGURES 101 to 104"
Page 9
INTRODUCTION
Replace in the last sentence “.an * after.” by “.an asterisk (*) before.”.
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1 Scope and object
Add, after the introductory sentence of this clause, the following subclause heading:
1.1 Scope
Replace, in the existing text of the first paragraph of the Addition by
, "Sub-clause 2.1"
"subclause 2.1.101".
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Replace the second paragraph of the Addition by the following:
"LOW POWER EQUIPMENT as defined in subclause 2.2.101 is exempted from certain
requirements of this standard".
Add the following subclause to the Particular Standard:
1.5 Collateral Standards
Addition:
The following Collateral Standards apply:
IEC 60601-1-1:1992, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for safety –
1. Collateral Standard: Safety requirements for medical electrical systems
IEC 60601-1-2:1993, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for safety –
2. Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic compatibility – Requirements and tests
IEC 60601-1-4:1996, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for safety –
4. Collateral Standard: Programmable electrical medical systems
2 Terminology and definitions
Add, after 2.1.103, the following new definition:
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2.2.101 OW POWER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT having a RATED OUTPUT POWER not exceeding 10 W.
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4.11 Sequence
In the Amendment replace "temperature-rise test of Sub-clause 42.4" by "compliance test
which follows subclause 42.3".
*5.2 Amendment:
Replace "EQUIPMENT" by "APPLIED PART".
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6.1 Marking on the outside of EQUIPMENT
p) Output
In the text of the first dash of the Replacement, replace "power in watts" by "POWER in watts".

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6.8.2 Instructions for
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