NF EN 738-4

NF EN 738-4

December 1998
Standard Cancelled

Pressure regulators for use with medical gases. Part 4 : low-pressure regulators intended for incorporation into medical equipment.

Le présent document fait partie d'une série de normes sur détendeurs médicaux. Il fixe les caractéristiques et les essais associés des détendeurs conçus pour être incorporés dans les dispositifs médicaux afin de maintenir une pression constante à partir d'une pression d'alimentation comprise entre 280 kPa et 600 kPa.

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Collections

National standards and national normative documents

Publication date

December 1998

Number of pages

25 p.

Reference

NF EN 738-4

ICS Codes

11.040.10   Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment
23.060.40   Pressure regulators

Classification index

S95-179

Print number

1 - 23/11/2004

European kinship

EN 738-4:1998
Sumary
Pressure regulators for use with medical gases. Part 4 : low-pressure regulators intended for incorporation into medical equipment.

Le présent document fait partie d'une série de normes sur détendeurs médicaux. Il fixe les caractéristiques et les essais associés des détendeurs conçus pour être incorporés dans les dispositifs médicaux afin de maintenir une pression constante à partir d'une pression d'alimentation comprise entre 280 kPa et 600 kPa.
Standard replaced by (1)
NF EN ISO 10524-4
July 2008
Standard Current
Pressure regulators for use with medical gases - Part 4 : low-pressure regulators

ISO 10524-4:2008 applies to the types of low-pressure regulators listed below and intended to be used with the following medical gases in the treatment, management, diagnostic evaluation and care of patients: oxygen; nitrous oxide; medical air; helium; carbon dioxide; xenon; specified mixtures of the gases listed above; air for driving surgical tools; nitrogen for driving surgical tools; oxygen-enriched air. The types of low-pressure regulators covered by ISO 10524-4:2008 are as follows: low-pressure regulators intended to be connected to terminal units of medical gas pipeline systems complying with ISO 7396-1; low-pressure regulators with integral flow-metering devices intended to be connected to terminal units of medical gas pipeline systems complying with ISO 7396-1; low-pressure regulators intended to be connected to terminal units attached to pressure regulators complying with ISO 10524-1 or ISO 10524-3; operator-adjustable low-pressure regulators for air or nitrogen for driving surgical tools that are an integral part of a medical gas pipeline system complying with ISO 7396-1.

Table of contents
  • Avant-propos
    3
  • Introduction
    4
  • 1 Domaine d'application
    4
  • 2 Références normatives
    5
  • 3 Définitions
    5
  • 4 Symboles et terminologie
    7
  • 5 Exigences générales
    7
  • 6 Méthodes d'essai
    10
  • 7 Marquage et emballage
    13
  • 8 Informations à fournir par le fabricant
    13
  • Annexe A (normative) Conditions nationales particulières
    18
  • Annexe B (informative) Exemples de détendeurs
    19
  • Annexe C (informative) Bibliographie
    20
  • Annexe D (informative) Justificatif
    21
  • Annexe ZA (informative) Articles de la présente norme européenne concernant les exigences essentielles ou autres dispositions des Directives de l'Union Européenne
    22
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