I read in !emc-pstc that Sam Davis <sda...@ptitest.com> wrote (in <ncbbjfmlmlpnhhmlgfdfgecoenab.sda...@ptitest.com>) about 'mouse heart monitor' on Wed, 5 Feb 2003: >I'm trying to work up a quote for testing a product which monitors various >heart functions of living laboratory mice. Would this fall into the Medical >Directive under 60601, or the LVD, under 61010? I'm just looking at the >safety aspects, not EMC. > >The question comes up because the definition of "patient" in 601 (old >version at least) includes "human or animal". This is not veterinary >equipment (save the mouse's life), but laboratory equipment (use the mouse's >life to learn how to save human's lives).
The researchers won't be at all pleased if your monitor introduces a stress that interferes with their experiments. To prevent this, you may even have to surpass the 60601 requirements. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
