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This article is an update to the June 24, 2011 article “EU EN IEC 60601-1 3rd ed. Request for Issues on the use of the Std for CE-Conformity” On October 1, 2011 the DRAFT “FAQ related to Implementation of EN 60601-1:2006 Clarification of open issues” was issued and this DRAFT document is being sent to [...]

The FDA issued a draft guidance document on ‘Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices to Optimize Safety & Effectiveness in Design’ for Industry and FDA Staff as of June 22, 2011.  A 90 day comment period is open and comments to be considered should be sent to FDA by September 19, 2011 [...]

Come join Eisner Safety Consultants at one or both conferences March 3 & 4th.  Both are related to the 60601 series of standards. On March 3rd join FX Conferences and Leo Eisner to learn about the home healthcare environment and the proposed emergency medical services standards, respectively IEC 60601-1-11 & IEC 60601-1-12 (hopefully).  More information [...]

  Biomedical Division Northern California Discussion Group  andSan Francisco Bay Area Chapter Topic: ”Evolving Risk-Based Regulatory Requirements” whole day workshop covering 3 key quality & regulatory areas: IEC 60601-1, 3rd ed. general, collateral, and particular standards including essential performance, risk management integration, and the impact of change on industry Usability and Human Factors verification, validation, and regulatory [...]

Eisner Safety Consultants is attending the 74th Annual IEC General Meeting in Seattle Washington thru Oct 16, 2010.  As a US National Committee member of Technical Committee (TC) 62, Subcommittees (SC) 62A & 62D we are attending the committee meetings that will help medical device manufacturer’s better understand the coming & current standards requirements.  We [...]