This Part 1 of EN 45502 specifies requirements that are generally applicable to ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES.
NOTE 1
For particular types of ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES, these general requirements are supplemented or modified by the requirements of particular standards which form additional parts of this European Standard. The tests that are specified in EN 45502 are type tests and are to be carried out on samples of an ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE to show compliance. This Part 1 of EN 45502 is applicable not only to ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES that are electrically powered but also to those powered by other energy sources (for example by gas pressure or by springs). This Part 1 of EN 45502 is also applicable to some non-implantable parts and accessories of the ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES.
NOTE 2
The terminology used in this European Standard is intended to be consistent with the terminology of Directive 90/385/EEC.
NOTE 3
In this European Standard, terms printed in small capital letters are used as defined in Clause 3. Where a defined term is used as a qualifier in another term, it is not printed in small capital letters unless the concept thus qualified is also defined.
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Compliance West MegaPulse Implantable Test 1 Surge Tester
The MegaPulse Implantable Test 1 outputs the damped sinus pulse described in Test 1 of EN45502-2- 2, EN45502-1, ISO14117-1 and ISO14708-1; with a Tp of 1.5 – 2.5ms; and a Tw50 of 3 - 5.5ms when discharged into the...
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Compliance West MegaPulse Implantable Test 2 Surge Tester
The MegaPulse Implantable Test 2 outputs the truncated exponential, monophasic and biphasic, pulse shown in Test 2 of EN45502-2-2, EN45502-1, ISO14117-1 and ISO14708-1. Front panel switch chooses the mono- or biphasic output...