UL 60601-1-2003 UL Standard for Safety Medical Electrical Equipment Part 1 General Requirements for Safety (First Edition Reprint with Revisions Through and Including April 26 2006.pdf

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2、OM ULUL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULUnderwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)333 Pfingsten RoadNorthbrook, IL 60062-2096UL Standard for Safety for Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for Safety, UL60601-1First

3、 Edition, Dated April 25, 2003Revisions: This Standard contains revisions through and including April 26, 2006.Summary of TopicsThese editorial revisions to UL 60601-1 replace all references to UL 1020, the Standard forThermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and Components, with reference t

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33、 60601-1tr6No Text on This PageUL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULAPRIL 25, 2003(Title Page Reprinted: April 26, 2006)1UL 60601-1Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for SafetyPrior to the first edition of UL

34、 60601-1, the requirements for the products coveredby this Standard were included in UL 2601-1. This Standard replaces UL 2601-1.First EditionApril 25, 2003An effective date included as a note immediately following certain requirementsis one established by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.Revisions of

35、this Standard will be made by issuing revised or additional pagesbearing their date of issue. A UL Standard is current only if it incorporates themost recently adopted revisions, all of which are itemized on the transmittal noticethat accompanies the latest set of revised requirements.ISBN 0-7629-08

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37、ON FROM ULCONTENTSUL INTRODUCTION 11Preface (UL) .12NATIONAL DIFFERENCES 15FOREWORD .16INTRODUCTION .18SECTION ONE GENERAL1 *Scope and object .201.1 Scope 201.2 Object .201.3 *Particular Standards 211.4 Environmental conditions .211.5 Collateral Standards .212 Terminology and definitions+212.1 EQUIP

38、MENT parts, auxiliaries and ACCESSORIES 212.2 EQUIPMENT types (classification) 242.3 Insulation .262.4 Voltages .262.5 Currents 272.6 Earth terminals and conductors .272.7 Electrical connection (devices) 282.8 Transformers 28A2.9 Controls and limiting devices 28A2.10 Operation of EQUIPMENT .28B2.11

39、Mechanical safety 292.12 Miscellaneous .303 General requirements 313.10DV.1 Components 323.10DV.2 Primary circuit components .334 *General requirements for tests 334.1 *Tests 334.2 Repetition of tests .334.3 *Number of samples .334.4 Components 344.5 Ambient temperature, humidity, atmospheric PRESSU

40、RE 344.6 Other conditions .354.7 Supply and test voltages, type of current, nature of supply, frequency .354.8 *Preconditioning .374.9 Repairs and modifications 374.10 *Humidity preconditioning treatment 374.11 Sequence .385 *Classification .386 Identification, marking and documents 39APRIL 26, 2006

41、 UL 60601-1 3UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL6.1 Marking on the outside of EQUIPMENT or EQUIPMENT parts .406.2 Marking on the inside of EQUIPMENT or EQUIPMENT parts .456.3 Marking of controls and instruments .466.4 *Symbols .46

42、B6.5 Colours of the insulation of conductors .46B6.6 Identification of medical gas cylinders and connections 476.7 *Indicator lights and push-buttons .476.8 ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS .487 Power input .51SECTION TWO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS8 *Basic safety categories 529 Removable protective means 5210 E

43、nvironmental conditions 5210.1 Transport and storage 5210.2 Operation .5211 Not used. 5312 Not used. 53SECTION THREE PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARDS13 General 5414 Requirements related to classification .5414.1 CLASS I EQUIPMENT 5414.2 CLASS II EQUIPMENT 5414.4 CLASS I and CLASS II EQUIPME

44、NT 5514.5 INTERNALLY POWERED EQUIPMENT 5514.6 *TYPES B, BF and CF APPLIED PARTS 5515 Limitation of voltage and/or energy 5616 *ENCLOSURES and PROTECTIVE COVERS .5617 *Separation 6118 Protective earthing, functional earthing and potential equalization .6519 Continuous LEAKAGE CURRENTS and PATIENT AUX

45、ILIARY CURRENTS .6719.1 General requirements .6719.2 SINGLE FAULT CONDITIONS .6819.3 *Allowable values 6919.4 Tests .7120 Dielectric strength .7820.1 General requirements for all types of EQUIPMENT .7820.2 Requirements for EQUIPMENT with an APPLIED PART 8020.3 *Values of test voltages .8120.4 Tests

46、.82SECTION FOUR PROTECTION AGAINST MECHANICAL HAZARDS21 Mechanical strength .8322 *Moving parts 8623 Surfaces, corners and edges .8924 Stability in NORMAL USE 8925 Expelled parts 9126 *Vibration and noise .9127 Pneumatic and hydraulic power 91JUNE 30, 2003UL 60601-14UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHO

47、RIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL28 Suspended masses .9128.1 General .9128.3 Suspension system with SAFETY DEVICES 9128.4 Suspension systems of metal without SAFETY DEVICES 9228.5 *Dynamic loads 93SECTION FIVE PROTECTION AGAINST HAZARDS FROM UNWANTED OR EXCESSI

48、VERADIATION29 X-Radiation 9330 Alpha, beta, gamma, neutron radiation and other particle radiation 9431 Microwave radiation .9432 Light radiation (including lasers) 9433 Infra-red radiation .9434 Ultraviolet radiation .9435 Acoustical energy (including ultra-sonics) 9436 *Electromagnetic compatibilit

49、y 94SECTION SIX PROTECTION AGAINST HAZARDS OF IGNITION OF FLAMMABLE ANAESTHETICMIXTURES37 Locations and basic requirements 9538 Marking, ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS 9539 Common requirements for CATEGORY AP and CATEGORY APG EQUIPMENT 9639.1 Electrical connections .9639.2 Construction details .9739.3 Prevention of electrostatic charges .9739.4 Corona 9840 Requirements and tests for CATEGORY AP EQUIPMENT, parts and components thereof .9840.1 General .9840.2 Temperature limits 9840.3 *Low-energy cir