IEC 60601-2-6:2012

IEC 60601-2-6:2012

April 2012
International standard Current

Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of microwave therapy equipment

IEC 60601-2-6:2012 specifies the minimum requirements considered to provide for a practical degree of safety in the operation of microwave therapy equipment. This particular standard amends and supplements IEC 60601-1 (third edition, 2005 and amendment 1, 2012). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 60601-2-6, published in 1984. This edition constitutes a technical revision and has been aligned to the third edition of IEC 60601-1:2005+A1:2012.

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International IEC standards

Publication date

April 2012

Number of pages

41 p.

Reference

IEC 60601-2-6:2012
Sumary
Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of microwave therapy equipment

IEC 60601-2-6:2012 specifies the minimum requirements considered to provide for a practical degree of safety in the operation of microwave therapy equipment. This particular standard amends and supplements IEC 60601-1 (third edition, 2005 and amendment 1, 2012). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 60601-2-6, published in 1984. This edition constitutes a technical revision and has been aligned to the third edition of IEC 60601-1:2005+A1:2012.
Replaced standards (1)
IEC 60601-2-6:1984
January 1984
International standard Cancelled
Medical electrical equipment. Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of microwave therapy equipment

Specifies requirements for the safety of microwave therapy equipment used in medical practice, but does not apply to equipment specified for hyperthermia.

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