The big news in the IEC 60601-1, 3rd ed. world today is the US National Standard that is in the FDA’s Recognized Consensus Standards Lists [Now is ANSI/AAMI ES60601-1:2005/(R)2012 and A1:2012, C1:2009/(R)2012 and A2:2010/(R)2012 (Consolidated Text) – Recognition List #:
FDA Modifications to List of Recognized Standards, List 025
On Oct 4, 2010 the Federal Register published the “Modifications to the List of Recognized Standards, Recognition List Number: 025“. This list will assist medical device manufacturers who elect to declare conformity with FDA Consensus Standards to meet certain FDA
FDA Formally Recognized AAMI ES60601-1:2005 as Consensus Std 6/10/10
FDA Formally Recognized AAMI ES60601-1:2005 (National Version of IEC60601-1:2005 = 3rd edition) as Consensus Standard on 6/10/10. The transition period indicated on the FDA Consensus Standard web page for AAMI/ANSI ES 60601-1:2005 says in summary that 2nd edition of IEC