AAMI Finally Issues 60601 Based Amendments

AAMI Finally Issues 60601 Based Amendments

After a delay of over a year since the original US Technical Advisory Group IEC/SC62A & specific technical committees — Electrical Safety, Electromagnetic Compatibility,  Alarms, and Home Care and EMS Environments committees — vote and an additional vote for each of

EU MDR & IVDR Harmonized Standards Lists Updated – 9 Added to MDR & 5 to IVDR

EU MDR & IVDR Harmonized Standards Lists Updated – 9 Added to MDR & 5 to IVDR

The European Commission published two Implementing Decisions: EU 2022/6 and (EU) 2022/15 for the MDR (EU) 2017/745 and IVDR (EU) 2017/746on 5 January 2022 and 7 January 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1182 and (EU) 2021/1195 all above references are

IEC 60601 Amendments Presentation Now on MDG Premium

IEC 60601 Amendments Presentation Now on MDG Premium

Joe Hage graciously invited me to present on July 30 to his MDG premium group on “IEC 60601 Amendments & What’s in the future for Medical Electrical Equipment”. We had a great conversation with about 35 or so people from around the world. They were from Ireland, the Netherlands, India, the US, and elsewhere in the conversation, with questions throughout and at the end too.

EU Commission MDR & IVDR Standardization Request List – Will it Succeed?

EU Commission MDR & IVDR Standardization Request List – Will it Succeed?

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTATION DECISION M/575 was issued 14 April 2021: This is a list of standards the EU Commission is hoping to Harmonize under MDR and IVDR.  One of the issues is the HAS consultant has issued a negative assessment on

IEC Article on IEC 60601 Series Amendments Project

IEC Article on IEC 60601 Series Amendments Project

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