1 This part of this European Standard specifies requirements for terminal units intended for use in medical gas pipeline systems specified in prEN 737-3 for use with the following medical gases:
—oxygen;
—nitrous oxide;
—air for breathing;
—carbon dioxide;
—oxygen/nitrous oxide mixture [50 %/50 % (V/V)];
—air for driving surgical tools;
—nitrogen for driving surgical tools;
—vacuum.
It is intended especially to ensure the gas-specific assembly of terminal units and to prevent their interchange between different gases.
2 This part of this European Standard also specifies requirements for
—terminal units for the supply and disposal of air for driving surgical tools;
—probes intended to be connected to the gas-specific connection point which is part of a terminal unit;
3 This part of this European Standard does not
specify:
—the dimensions of probes and of the gas-specific connection points of the terminal unit
(see prEN 737-6);
—the dimensions of NIST connectors (see EN 739);
—requirements for terminal units for anaesthetic gas scavenging systems (see EN 737-4).
BS EN 737-1:1998 history
2008BS EN ISO 9170-1:2008 Terminal units for medical gas pipeline systems - Terminal units for use with compressed medical gases and vacuum
1998BS EN 737-1:1998 Medical gas pipeline systems - Terminal units for compressed medical gases and vacuum