IEC 60601-2-40:2024
Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-40: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of electromyographs and evoked response equipment
Appareils électromédicaux - Partie 2-40: Exigences particulières pour la sécurité de base et les performances essentielles des électromyographes et des appareils à potentiel évoqué
| Standard number: | IEC 60601-2-40:2024 |
| Released: | 2024-12-20 |
| Edition: | 3 |
| ICS: | 11.040.20 |
| Pages (English/French - Bilingual): | 62 |
| ISBN (English/French - Bilingual): | 9782832700334 |
IEC 60601-2-40:2024
IEC 60601-2-40:2024 applies to the BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE of ELECTROMYOGRAPHS and EVOKED RESPONSE EQUIPMENT, hereafter referred to as ME EQUIPMENT.
The following ME EQUIPMENT are excluded:
- ME EQUIPMENT intended for therapeutic application;
- ME EQUIPMENT intended for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators and electrical muscle stimulators (ME EQUIPMENT covered by IEC 60601-2-10).
IEC 60601-2-40:2024 cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) added requirements for constant voltage stimulators;
b) clarified requirements for VISUAL STIMULATORS.