On 5/30/2008, John Woodgate wrote:
I don't know, but it would not be surprising, and the Canadian events suggest so. Some medical equipment uses high powers, even high-power RF (for electrocautery), and other equipment is extremely sensitive, so immunity is a big issue. Hi John: Thanks. So now I know that immunity has been incorporated into IEC 60601 for many years, and is not something new. It is possible that some aspects of the immunity requirements became more difficult in the Third Edition of IEC 60601, and that is what has caused the concern about getting approved in Canada. I may post another question with IEC 60601, Third Edition in the subject line to see if anyone picks up on it. Joe Randolph Telecom Design Consultant Randolph Telecom, Inc. 781-721-2848 (USA) j...@randolph-telecom.com http://www.randolph-telecom.com <http://www.randolph-telecom.com/> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc