IEC 60601-2-2:2017 RLV PDF

Scope: IEC 60601-2-2:2017 RLV contains both the official IEC International Standard and its Redline version. The Redline version is available in English only and provides you with a quick and easy way to compare all the changes between the official IEC Standard and its previous edition.

IEC 60601-2-2:2017 applies to the basic safety and essential performance of HF surgical equipment and HF surgical accessories.
HF surgical equipment having a rated output power not exceeding 50 W (for example for micro-coagulation, or for use in dentistry or ophthalmology) is exempt from certain of the requirements of this particular standard. These exemptions are indicated in the relevant requirements.
The object of this particular standard is to establish particular basic safety and essential performance requirements for HF surgical equipment and HF surgical accessories. This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition published in 2009. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- refinement and additions to the defined terms;
- additional separation of the requirements for HF surgical equipment and HF surgical accessories;
- a new requirement for adult neutral electrodes to be contact quality monitoring neutral electrodes;
- new requirements for devices that have or use a high current mode.

IEC 60601-2-2:2017 RLV history

2023 IEC 60601-2-2:2017/AMD1:2023 Amendment 1 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-2: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of high frequency surgical equipment and high frequency surgical accessori
0000 IEC 60601-2-2:2017 RLV
2014 IEC 60601-2-2:2009/COR1:2014 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-2: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of high frequency surgical equipment and high frequency surgical accessories; Corrigendum 1
2009 IEC 60601-2-2:2009 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-2: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of high frequency surgical equipment and high frequency surgical accessories
2006 IEC 60601-2-2:2006 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-2: Particular requirements for the safety of high frequency surgical equipment
1998 IEC 60601-2-2:1998 Medical electrical equipment -Part 2-2: Particular requirements for the safety of high frequency surgical equipment
1991 IEC 60601-2-2:1991 Medical Electrical Equipment Part 2: Particular Requirements for the Safety of High Frequency Surgical Equipment (Edition 2.0; CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO 601.2.2-92; CENELEC EN 60601-2-2: 1993; NZS/AS 3200.2.2: 1992)
1970 IEC 60601-2-2:1982 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of high-frequency surgical equipment