• I.S. EN IEC 60601-2-1:2021

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    Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of electron accelerators in the range 1 MeV to 50 MeV

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  02-08-2021

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    201.1 Scope, object and related standards
    201.2 Normative references
    201.3 Terms and definitions
    201.4 General requirements
    201.5 General requirements for testing ME EQUIPMENT
    201.6 Classification of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS
    201.7 ME EQUIPMENT identification, marking and documents
    201.8 Protection against electrical HAZARDS from ME EQUIPMENT
    201.9 Protection against MECHANICAL HAZARDS of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS
    201.10 Protection against unwanted and excessive RADIATION HAZARDS
    201.11 Protection against excessive temperatures and other HAZARDS
    201.12 Accuracy of controls and instruments and protection against hazardous outputs
    201.13 HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS and fault conditions for ME EQUIPMENT
    201.14 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS (PEMS)
    201.15 Construction of ME EQUIPMENT
    201.16 ME SYSTEMS
    201.17 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS
    201.101 * ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (e.g. EPID)
    201.102 Date and time format
    201.103 EXTERNAL MONITORING DEVICES
    201.104 * LATENCY
    201.105 Interfaces
    201.106 TREATMENT PLAN retrieval
    201.107 Recording of TREATMENT delivery
    201.108 ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY
    201.109 Imaging dose delivery
    201.110 Operation of ME EQUIPMENT from outside the facility
    206 USABILITY
    Annexes
    Annex B (informative) Sequence of testing
    Annex AA (informative) Particular guidance and rationale
    Annex BB (informative) Electronic imaging devices (e.g. epid)
    Annex CC (informative) Latency and accuracy of dose delivery between CONTROL POINTS
    Annex DD (informative) Radiobiology considerations
    Bibliography

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    This part of IEC 60601 applies to the BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE of ELECTRON ACCELERATORS, hereafter referred to as ME EQUIPMENT, in the range 1 MeV to 50 MeV, used for TREATMENT of PATIENTS.

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    Committee TC 62
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note The date of any NSAI previous adoption may not match the date of its original CEN/CENELEC document. THIS STANDARD ALSO REFERS TO IEC/TR 60788,ICRP Publication 33:1982,ICRP Publication 60:1991,ICRP Publication 103:2007,ICRU Report 35:1984,ICRU Report 39:1985,ICRU Report 51:1993,ICRU Report 60:1998,9/618/Euratom,90/641/Euratom,96/29/Euratom,97/43/Euratom,2003/122/Euratom,2013/59/EURATOM
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current
    Supersedes
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