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BS 5724-2.10(1988) : 88 AMD 13086

Superseded
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MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY - SPECIFICATION FOR NERVE AND MUSCLE STIMULATORS
Superseded date

15-06-2001

Published date

23-11-2012

National foreword
Committees responsible
Section One - General
1. Scope and object
2. Terminology and definitions
3. General requirements
4. General requirements for tests
5. Classification
6. Identification, marking and documents
7. Power input
Section Two - Safety requirements
Section Three - Protection against electric shock hazards
13. General
14. Requirements related to classification
19. Continuous LEAKAGE CURRENTS and PATIENT AUXILIARY
     CURRENT
20. Dielectric strength
Section Four - Protection against mechanical hazards
Section Five - Protection against hazards from unwanted
or excessive radiation
36. Electromagnetic compatibility
Section Six - Protection against hazards of explosions
in medically used rooms
Section Seven - Protection against excessive
temperatures, fire and other hazards such as human error
42. Excessive temperatures
46. Human errors
Section Eight - Accuracy of operating data and
protection against incorrect output
50. Accuracy of operating data
51. Protection against incorrect output
Section Nine - Fault conditions causing overheating and/
or mechanical damage; environmental tests
Section Ten - Constructional requirements
57. Mains parts, components and layout
Figures
Appendix B: Testing during manufacture and/or
              installation
Appendix AA: Rationale

Describes safety requirements for NERVE AND MUSCLE STIMULATORS. Excludes equipment implanted or connected to implanted electrodes, for brain stimulation, for neurological research, cardiac pacemakers, body worn EQUIPMENT, STIMULATORS used during surgical procedures, EQUIPMENT intended for averaged evoked potential diagnosis, electromyography, cardiac defibrillation and EQUIPMENT intended only as a transcutaneous nerve and muscle STIMULATOR for pain relief. Includes sections on protection against electric shock, mechanical hazards, excess radiation, explosions in medically used rooms, excess temperatures, fire etc., accuracy of operating data and protection against incorrect output, fault conditions, mechanical damage, environmental tests, and constructional requirements.

Committee
HCC/94
DevelopmentNote
Renumbered and superseded by BS EN 60601-2.10. (06/2001)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
IEC 60601-2-10:2012+AMD1:2016 CSV Identical

BS 5724-1:1979 Medical electrical equipment Specification for general safety requirements

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