IEC EN 60601-2-62 Medical Electrical Equipment - Special Requirements for Basic Safety of High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound (HITU) Equipment

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of IEC EN 60601-2-62 testing. IEC EN 60601-2-62 applies to the essential safety and essential performance of high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound equipment. This International Standard adds or replaces the clauses listed in IEC EN 60601-1 specifically for high intensity therapeutic ultrasound equipment.

If an article or sub-clause is specifically applicable to such equipment only or to related systems only, the title and content of that article or sub-article shall indicate so. If this is not the case, the substance or sub-clause applies to both individual equipment and systems as relevant.

This standard can also be applied to:

• Therapeutic equipment for thrombolysis through exposure to high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound;
• Therapeutic equipment for the treatment of occluded feeding vessels through exposure to high-intensity focused ultrasound;
• Equipment intended for use for the relief of cancer pain due to bone metastasis.

This particular standard does not apply to:

• Ultrasound Equipment intended to be used for Physiotherapy;
• Ultrasound Equipment intended for use for lithotripsy;
• Ultrasound Equipment intended to be used for special hyperthermia devices; And
• Ultrasound Equipment intended for use for phacoemulsification.

In the absence of a corresponding clause or subclause in this particular standard, the clause or subclause of the general standard or applicable auxiliary standard, although possibly not relevant, applies without modification; Where any part of the general standard or applicable auxiliary standard, although possibly relevant, is intended not to be applied, a statement to that effect is given in this particular standard.

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