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A good summary article on IEC e-Tech News about the IEC 60601 Series Amendments project that published last summer (2020) the General 60601-1, and Collateral standards (60601-1-XX). Please note that you need to read further comments in some of my articles about IEC 60601-1 for IEC 62368-1 and IEC 60601-1-2 for some additional details. One blog post is an article from InCompliance
Essential Performance (EP) initially came into the IEC 60601 series of standards when the 3rd edition of IEC 60601-1:2005 was published. The definition was quite confusing and many manufacturers, regulators and test houses had a hard time with it and how to apply it properly. In 3rd edition (2005) + amendment 1 (2012) some clarification came into play which made it easier to understand but there is still a fair amount of confusion.
IEC 60601-1 Amendment 2 (IEC 60601-1:2005 +A1:2012 + A2:2020) has been in the making since 2015 (officially) along with the other published Amendments (IEC 60601-1-6, 60601-1-8, 60601-1-9, 60601-1-10, 60601-1-11, & 60601-1-12). It was published on 20 August 2020 on the
It’s becoming increasingly more difficult for medical device manufacturers and consultants to stay up to date with the proliferation of changes in the regulatory landscape. With several hundred changes written into the 60601-1 Amendment alone, suffice it to say that
Big News!!! IEC published ahead of schedule 6 of the 8 standards from the IEC 60601 Amendments Project. These standards are in Consolidated format meaning the latest edition plus amendments are all consolidated together. IEC notes this as a CSV.