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

I identify which of these standards have major changes when they were published, and discuss some of the changes.

View all the articles I have written for InCompliance Magazine.

I hope you enjoy this article and if you have any questions please feel free to schedule a call with me.

To sign up for this Zoom conversation click here. This Zoom Conversation is being hosted by Rob Packard of Medical Device Academy.

Learn about some of the major changes from the IEC 60601 Amendments coming during this Zoom conversation. Read the below infographic to get an understanding of which standards are being updated, when the updates are estimated, how long the proposed transition period is, what are some of the concerns to consider, and what ways can we help you prepare and train your staff up for these changes.

As a Senior Contributor to InCompliance, many years I am asked to update my articles to be placed in the Annual Guide but rarely do 2 of my articles show up in the Guide in a year. This year 2 of my popular articles have worked there way into the annual guide.

THE EU’S MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION (EU) 2017/745 – ARE YOU READY FOR HUGE SWEEPING CHANGES?

The article now starts off with “Less than 3 Months Left to Implement the EU MDR“. The article was originally written on June 28, 2019, and updated on February 1, 2020.

THE FUTURE OF THE IEC 60601 SERIES: AN UPDATE

“I have been writing and talking about the IEC 60601 series of standards for a very long time, but I have presented on this subject more often in the last couple of years since there is so much changing on a regular basis.” The article was originally written on October 31, 2019, and updated on February 1, 2020.

As a Senior Contributor to InCompliance Magazine, I have been fortunate to been asked to be part of this special supplement where InCompliance Magazine is featuring people that have been involved in Medical Device Compliance and Standards Development for a long time, like me, Leo Eisner. The Faces in Compliance is a short snapshot of my story. If you want to hear more about my story please feel to contact me at Leo@EisnerSafety.com.

Need help with compliance support with IEC 60601 series of standards or regulatory support please schedule a call.

Read the article I wrote for InCompliance Magazine recently. I just got back from China at the end of Oct 2019 where I was at IEC meetings for 2 weeks working on IEC 60601-1, edition 3.2 and it’s collaterals and discussing the 4th edition architecture, as well. This article discusses all of this and where things are headed. Hold on as things are continuing to change.

I hope you enjoy this article and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me at Leo at EisnerSafety dot com or schedule a call with me www.EisnerSafety.com/Schedule-Call/.

 Leo Eisner,

Topic:  Why Your Regulatory Strategy Can’t Ignore Medical Electrical Standards & Guidances

Track:  MD&M West: Regulatory & Quality Update

• The IEC 60601 series structure – why do all those dashes matter?
• An analysis of the medical electrical and related standards that have been recently updated or are in development, and how these standards interact with each other
• IEC 60601-1 and its collaterals (IEC 60601-1-XX standards) are going thru another set of changes – what are some of the impacts?
• What are the plans for aligning the particular standards (IEC 60601-2-XX & IEC/ISO 80601-2-XX) with the general (IEC 60601-1) and collateral standards in the 60601 series?
• Related standards that are in the process of change: ISO 14971, IEC 62366-1, and IEC 62304
• Standards and guidances inputs to your regulatory strategy (and product development plans) that need to be relayed to your regulatory, design and product development team members

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Medical Electrical Standards are constantly being changed and evolving and the amount of changes seems to be accelerating. All too often I hear clients complain that they didn’t know about a standard until way too late in the process and have had to redesign their product to meet regulatory requirements.

So how do you stay up-to-date on all these changes? Are you considering the implication of these standards when putting together your regulatory strategy? Do you know what standards are coming down the line and how they may impact your product design? Are these standards harmonized in different markets? Does your test lab always know what versions of standards you need to test too?

If you have a medical electrical device or a software as a medical device and your answer to any one or more of these questions is NO then this free 90 minute webinar is for you.

Take Aways from this Webinar:

• What medical electrical and related standards are being updated now and how they interact with each other.
• What is the schedule for the IEC 60601 Amendment Projects and what other standards (i.e. ISO 14971, IEC 62366-1, IEC 62304) will impact the project?
• Overview of the recently released Wireless Coexistence Standards for US.
• Why you may need to redesign your product to meet the EMC Standard IEC 60601-1-2:2014 (4th Ed.).
• How does testing under the CB Scheme impact your testing and regulatory strategies?
• Resources to keep track of standards from both a regulatory and standards development perspective

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Medical Device Executives
• QA/RA Professionals at all levels
• Compliance Engineers
• Quality Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Project Management Engineers
• Senior Staff involved in management reviews per ISO 13485 for the standards update section

If you want to learn more about the IEC 60601-1 certification process you can read an article on the greenlight.guru blog of a presentation I gave awhile back on this process.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

This webinar is being lead by me (Leo Eisner), “The 60601-1 Guy”, founder and principal consultant at Eisner Safety Consultants and moderated by Jon Speer of greenlight guru.

Leo is a licensed professional engineer in safety engineering, a certified Quality System lead auditor, an expert in product safety for medical electrical devices (IEC 60601 series of standards) and an expert in CE marking for the medical device EU Directives.

Eisner Safety Consultants has helped countless clients thru the Product Safety and Regulatory maze over the 20 year history of the company. Leo has 30 years experience in product safety. Leo ran the Compliance Engineering Group at Karl Storz and was a Senior Product Safety engineer at TÜV Product Service.

Leo Eisner, the “IEC 60601 Guy” & Principal Consultant, of Eisner Safety Consultants attended several IEC SC 62A Maintenance Team (MT 28 & MT 30) and Working Group (WG14) meetings from March 22 – March 31, 2017 in Oslo, Norway and London, United Kingdom to start the work of reviewing the items agreed on (in Frankfurt Oct 2016) for IEC 60601-1, 3rd ed. + Amendment 2 (or ed. 3.2) for development and comment.

A2 of IEC 60601-1 & its’ related collateral standards are anticipated to be published by the end of 2019.  In only 2+ short years from now!!!!  Will you be ready?  We are offering a web special til the end of March May 2017 on our Annual Standards Trends Reports.  See more below.

A2 changes & collaterals changes may include any of the following:

• safety gaps needing corrections,
• known problems for regulatory bodies,
•  inconsistencies within the standard,
• technical errors, and
• updates of standard references.

The above was the criteria for the ‘Short List’ vote on which items were agreed to in Frankfurt (Oct ’16) for A2 for IEC 60601-1 and it’s collateral standards.

Also, you need to be aware that the items that didn’t make it to the ‘short list’ are slated to be worked on for the 4th edition of IEC 60601-1 (the ‘long list’) which is scheduled to be published in 2024.  This will be a much more significant set of changes including potentially restructuring the standard and maybe even making the whole series a database standard.

Are you ready for changes coming for 60601-1, 3rd edition + Amendment 2 and 4th edition of IEC 60601-1?

We can help you stay up to date and ahead of the curve so you are prepared for these changes that are coming.  Check out our Annual Standards Trends Report as a fantastic resource that can save your company significant time and money (upwards of $100,000+).

To provide you an opportunity to receive the Eisner Safety Consultants Annual Standards Trends Reports for a significant discount of this year’s copy of these reports (publication between Late May to June 2017) we are offering a web special til the end of March May 2017 to give you the opportunity to learn from Leo about the Amendment 2 meetings in Oslo, Norway and London, U.K. The reports will include more details where these Amendment 2 changes are at and what these changes are.  If you want to stay ahead of your competitors, and save on the cost of standards committee membership fees, save on travel expenses, save time instead of sitting in these meetings, and getting the benefit of staying up to date on medical electrical equipment & systems (MEE&S) standards and home use MEE&S standard consider this amazing deal:

Eisner Safety Consultants

Annual Standards Trends Reports on MEE&S &

Home Use MEE&S Options

Get This Year’s Report(s): May/June 2017 Annual Standards Trends Report (ASTR) Options:

Normally priced at $1,997.00 Web Special $1,597.00 for the:

May/June 2017 Medical Electrical Equipment & Systems (MEE&S) ASTR OR

May/June 2017 Home Use MEE&S ASTR

Normally priced at $2,997.00 Web Special $2,497.00 for the:

Bundle pricing of both the May/June 2017 MEES & Home Use MEE&S ASTRs

Get This & Last Year’s Report(s): March 2016* & May/June 2017 ASTRs Options:

Normally priced at $2,397.00 Web Special $1,997.00 for the:

March 2016* & May/June 2017 Medical Electrical Equipment & Systems (MEE&S) ASTRs OR

March 2016* & May/June 2017 Home Use MEE&S ASTRs

Normally priced at $3,697.00 Web Special $2,997.00 for the:

Bundle pricing for all 4 Reports – March 2016* & May/June 2017 of both MEE&S & Home Use MEE&S ASTRs

* = MAR ‘16 ASTRs issued as of MAR ‘16 with no updates for these ridiculously low rates.

If you need help with IEC 60601-1 please email Leo Eisner at Leo at EisnerSafety dot com, or call Leo at +1 (503)-244-6151. He is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants and considered the ‘IEC 60601 Guy’ by many of his clients and associates.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Seminar Topics:

• Current guidance around Medical Electrical Equipment for FDA 510(k)s & Health Canada
• IEC 60601-1 series:
  • • Intro to IEC 60601 -1 series with Collateral & Particular Standards
    • Design & compliance to IEC 60601-1 3rd edition (including AM1)
    • Changes to the 60601-1 series and supporting standards: Updates on what’s new and draft documents that may impact your Compliance strategy
• ISO 14971:2007 Risk Management File (RMF) Overview

See the detailed Seminar Agenda.

Sign-up for Workshop Closed

Bio’s of Presenters

Leo Eisner, principal medical device product safety & regulatory consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants.
Leo’s firm specializes in helping medical device manufacturers through product safety, international regulatory and quality system processes. He has been called the “IEC 60601-1 Guy” by his clients and associates. Leo’s focus is on active medical electrical equipment including home use and wearable devices. Leo is the US co-chair of IEC SC62D (majority of IEC 60601-2-xx standards), convener of IEC SC62D JWG9 (IEC/ISO80601-2-58) & a committee member of US TAG for TC62, SC62A, SC62D, & SyC AAL (Active Assisted Living System Committee – Home use medical and non-medical devices). Leo is a registered professional engineer in safety and has over 30 years experience in product safety. Leo is a member of RAPS, AAMI, ASQ, & IEEE. He’s manager of the LinkedIn discussion group IEC 60601 Series – Medical Electrical Equipment.

Peter Keith P.Eng, Senior Engineer and Technical Certifier at TÜV SÜD Canada Inc.
Peter is the lead medical services engineer at TÜV SÜD Canada with 10 + years of safety evaluation and regulatory experience, specializing in safety certification of medical and laboratory equipment such as hospital beds, ECGs, therapeutic lights, TENS, Lasers and more. Peter has participated on technical committees such as CACES (Canadian Advisory Committee on Electrical Safety) and assisted on the development of CSA SPE – 3000:2015. Peter is a licensed professional Engineer in Ontario and has evaluated over 400 medical and laboratory projects and given various seminars on regulatory and standards compliance.

Seminar Agenda:

Meet and Greet (9:00 AM)

Introduction to TÜV SÜD Canada & Presenter’s Backgrounds (9:15 AM)

Current US & Canadian Guidance for Medical Electrical Equipment
(9:30 to 10:45 AM)

Break time (15 Minutes)

Intro to IEC 60601-1 series (11:00 to 12:00 PM)

Q & A for Morning Session (12:00 – 12:15 PM)

Break for Lunch (lab tour and test demo) (12:15 to 1:30 PM)

Design and Compliance to 60601 – 1 3rd edition (1:30 to 2:30 PM)

Upcoming Standards Changes and Updates Related to 60601 Series
(2:30 to 3:30 PM)

Break time (15 Minutes)

ISO 14971:2007 Risk Management File (RMF) Overview (3:45 – 4:45 PM)

Q & A