Designing for Compliance to IEC 60601-1 2nd Edition

Description

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This workshop is presented by experienced UL engineers who evaluate products for certification to U.S. and international standards for medical equipment. This two-day workshop will help you gain a thorough understanding of how to use IEC 60601-1 and UL 60601-1 effectively. Practice activities include:  analyzing a printed wiring board and verifying the construction components of a transformer to design specifications. 

A copy of the UL 60601-1 Standard is included with your workshop materials ($471 USD value).

The topics covered in this workshop are:

• Role of the IEC
• Structure of IEC 60601-1 and UL 60601-1
• General philosophy of IEC 60601-1
• Equipment classifications
• Protection against electric shock – design
• Protection against electrical shock – verification
• Protection against excessive temperature and fire
• Protection against mechanical hazards
• Electrical testing
• Construction
• Labeling and accompanying documents

Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Discuss the full scope of IEC 60601-1, including the current U.S., Canadian and European deviations (UL 60601-1, CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 601.1 and EN 60601-1)
• Determine the applicable medical equipment requirements to design products for compliance
• Compare components construction to a safety design specification to determine compliance
  
• Apply a developed isolation specification from the isolation diagram to construction and test parameters
  
• Determine appropriate grounding/earthing
• Complete performance testing
• Identify insulation parameters and requirements
• Interpret world certification schemes and agreements affecting medical equipment

Target Audience

• Regulatory compliance managers and engineers
• Design engineers
• Safety engineers
• R&D engineers
• Mechanical engineers
• Technical writers (day 2)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

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Customer Testimonial

"Very informative class, learned about isolation diagrams and gained more familiarity of the Standard."

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