Selecting Power Supplies for Medical Equipment Designs

Focus:

Written by a power supply company, this 4-page white paper consists of two parts. The first part offers an introduction to the IEC 60601-1 safety standard for medical electrical equipment. It provides an overview of the standard and explains its key terms and concepts such as isolation, insulation (class 1 and class 2), creepage, clearance, MOOP, MOPP, leakage or touch current, and applied part (classes B, BF, and CF). The second part discusses other medical power supply performance criteria such as input voltage range, standby power consumption, temperature range, altitude, warrantees, EMI, and packaging.

What you’ll learn:

• How to understand the IEC 60601-1 requirements for medical power supplies
• How to understand the key selection criteria when evaluating power supplies for medical equipment applications

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Author & Publication:

no author specified, Polytron Devices, Vendor website, Oct 16 2015

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