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Today (22 MARCH 2012) Health Canada (HC) has issued to manufacturer’s of record (those mfr’s with a HC License to sell & market product in Canada) a NOTICE titled “ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON TRANSITION FROM THE SECOND TO THE THIRD EDITIONS OF THE IEC 60601 FAMILY OF STANDARDS ON HEALTH CANADA’S LIST OF RECOGNIZED STANDARDS.”  HC has [...]

6 Feb 2012 – The NB-MED EN60601-1:2006 issues team released their first official version (V1.1) of this important implementation document in regards to EN 60601-1 with respect to the Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC (primarily written for this directive) and also the Active Implantable Medical Device Directive 90/385/EC (refer to Q & A 3.3.1).  This project [...]

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 [...]