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USEFUL LINKS TO MEDICAL CERTIFICATION, REGULATORY, AND TEST EQUIPMENT SITES

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UL Certifications Directory - Search by Company, UL File #, CCN, Keyword


Standards:
NOTE: Standards are copyrighted and not available in their published form for free.
However, the UL 60601-1 Evaluation Package (for 2nd Edition) is available on the DOWNLOADS page of this site. The 3rd Edition Package is being completed now.
It contains the requirements of UL60601-1, IEC60601-1, EN60601-1, CSA C22.2 No. 601.1, and the National Deviations in bullet-form, along with useful information and quick references for testing and spacing requirements.  This document is not a replacement for the standards, it is a tool to assist you in the design and evaluation of your medical electrical equipment.  It should be used with the standards, which can be purchased through the links below.

'60601 and '80601 Medical Standards List, including those harmonized to the 3rd Edition of IEC 60601-1:
IEC 60601-1-XX, -2-XX Standards
IEC 80601-2-XX Standards
ISO 80601-2-XX Standards
All three above links must be used to find all the applicable required '60601 and '80601 Standards (Base, Collaterals, and Particulars).
Be sure to check the "Standards under development" box in the ISO Standards list to get the standards not yet published.

Purchasing Standards:

IHS Engineering - Standards from many different agencies

IEC Web Store -  IEC standards store

TechStreet - Technical standards & information superstore
TechStreet - UL 60601-1 order page
TechStreet - IEC 60601-x-xx standards order page

Comm2000 - UL standards on-line store
Comm2000 - UL 60601-1 order page

AAMI - AAMI Standards
AAMI - ES 60601-1 order page


NRTL Certification Agencies:

OSHA - List of Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL)

UL - Underwriters Laboratories Home page
UL - Product directory
UL Standards - List of all UL standards
TUV Rheinland - Medical Home page
TUV Rheinland - Product directory
CSA - International Home page
CSA - Product directory


FDA:

FDA - Food and Drug Administration Home page
FDA  - FDA recognized consensus standards search
FDA - IEC 60601-1 Recognized Consensus Standard
FDA - Guidance document search page

FDA - Device Advice - 510(k) and Premarket Approval (PMA)
FDA - Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
FDA - CDRH LASER Information
FDA - LASER CDRH Report (21 CFR Sec. 1040.10  Laser products)
FDA - Med Watch safety information & adverse event reporting
FDA - Medical Device Reporting Search


IEC:

IEC - Home page
IEC - On-line Catalogue Search

Standards Writing Committees:
IEC Working Group 62 - TC/SCs - Electrical equipment in medical practice
IEC Working Group 62A - General standard writing committees
IEC Working Group 62B - Imaging standards writing committees
IEC Working Group 62C - Nuclear/Radiation standards writing committees
IEC Working Group 62D - Particular standards writing committees


CB Scheme:

IEC - IECEE - Home page
CB Scheme - Main page
CB Scheme - Member countries
CB Scheme - Test report forms
CB Scheme - List of CB reports issued by all agencies
CB Scheme - MECA Scope


AAMI

AAMI - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Home page
AAMI - Standards


Medical Device Directive (MDD):

Medical Device Directive - Complete wording
MDD - PDF format
New Approach - List of EU Directives



Other Agencies:

CEN - CEN standards (non-electrical)
FCC - Home page
FCC - ID Search Form
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology Home page
NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
 

ASSOCIATES
The following are associates that we continually work with and recommend for their high quality services:


Minnetronix Inc. - Contact: Dirk Smith (Saint Paul, MN)
  Medical equipment design, development, manufacturing services

 


Strategic Device Compliance Services - Contact: Mike Schmidt (Cincinnati, OH)
  A leader in medical device standards and regulatory compliance training and support/consulting.
  Regulatory and Compliance training by experts involved in the creation of standards and regulations
  Expertise in the design of efficient and effective design processes and procedures,
  including Risk Management according to ISO 14971

 


MethodSense, Inc. - Contact: Russ King at rking@methodsense.com
  Risk assessment and Risk Management solutions/.consulting for Life Science Companies.
  Expertise includes IEC 60601-1, ISO 14971, ISO 13485,  MDD 93/42/EEC, 21 CFR Part 820, AS/NZS ISO 31000, Annex 11, 21 CFR Part 11, and other regulations and standards.
  Expertise also includes FDA submission support, quality assurance management system development, medical  device technology and software compliance management, software validation, and business operations efficiency strategies for life science companies.

 


Regulatory Technology Services LLC - Contact: Mark Job (Buffalo, MN)
  Accredited by the FDA to perform third-party reviews of FDA 510(k) submissions
  More than 300 submissions averaging approximately 30 days from receipt of the submission 
  to receipt of the Substantial Equivalence letter from the FDA

 


HUI - Contact: Julie Cosich or Mark Collins (Kiel, WI)
  Quality Medical cart designer/manufacturer with IEC/UL/CSA/EN 60601-1, 2nd and 3rd Edition compliance experience

 


O'Brien Compliance Management - Contact: Frank O'Brien (Lowell, MA)
  Compliance services, similar to MECA,
  Training and seminars for medical standards and compliance

 


Global EMC Inc. - Contact: Ashwani Malhotra (Toronto, Canada)
  An independent lab that offers a complete range of Electromagnetic Compliance (EMC) testing
  - Including RF, Wireless, Product Safety, Environmental and Laser testing.
  A true one stop compliance services to meet the most demanding engineering issues. 
  Professional Engineers and experienced Technicians
  - expertise in hardware design, filtering applications, signal analysis, standards interpretation, and data acquisition. 
  Each EMC project has a designated lead EMC engineer
  - ensures project success, from the initial client planning and set-up to final report delivery. 
  Service both product safety and EMC clients from a modern, 10,000 sq. ft. testing facility in Richmond Hill
  - in the centre of Greater Toronto's high tech community. 
  An A2LA accredited lab under ISO 17025-1.
  Their services are effective, timely and knowledgeable. 

 


Eisner Safety Consultants - Contact: Leo Eisner (Portland, OR)
  Prepare 510(k)s, Assist with PMA & IDE submissions
  Assist with preparation and assessment of Technical Files and Design Dossiers,
  Assist in preparation of EU and/or CMDR Essential Requirement checklists, and Risk Analysis (ISO 14971),
  Assist in the preparation of Clinical Literature Evaluations,
  Evaluation of Clinical Data per MEDDEV 2.7.1, Review of product literature/packaging/labeling,
  Audit your company to ISO 9000:2000, ISO 13485:2003, QSR, MDD (EU CE Mark) and CMDR


Manufacturers/Suppliers That Have UL Recognized Medical Grade Components :

Interpower - International power cord requirements for medical products
XP Power - Medical - Power supplies (UL)
Toroid Corp - Medical  isolation transformers in enclosures with plug/receptacles (UL)
Tripp-Lite - Medical  isolation transformers in enclosures with plug/receptacles (UL, ETL, TUV)
Plitron - Medical  isolation transformers in enclosures with plug/receptacles (only CSA)
VICOR - DC-DC Converters (UL)


Publications:

Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry (Publication)
Medical Devicelink - All publications by Medical Devicelink
Conformity (Publication)
Evaluation Engineering (Publication)
Compliance Engineering - (Publication)


Testing Equipment, Specific:

Associated Research - Hipot & other equipment
QuadTech - Hipot, ground bond, LCR test equipment
Fluke USA - Meters, Fluke Biomedical
Valhalla - Power Meters
Ametek (California Instruments, Elgar) - Testing power supplies (100-240 V, 50/60 Hz)
Pacific Power Sources - Testing power supplies (100-240 V, 50/60 Hz)
Seaword - Leakage current, grounding
Compliance West - Defib Simulators, Hipot, ground bond testers
Vitrek - Hipot, ground bond testers
Biomedtronics Inc. - Dale, Ophir, Meterman, Fluke distributor


Testing Equipment, Parts, General:

Newark Electronics - Parts and test equipment
Allied Electronics - Parts and test equipment
McMaster-Carr - Parts (UL Test Ball, etc.)
Grainger - Tools, parts, & test equipment - good selection
Davis Inotek - Equipment & calibration - good website
Cole-Parmer - Laboratory test equipment
ED&D Products - IEC 60601-1 test equipment
 
Sper Scientific - Budget Precision measurement instruments
Global Test Supply - Test equipment purchase
General Atomics - Defib capacitors
Techni-Tool - Test equipment and tools, god search results - thumbnails of parts
ValueTronics - New and reconditioned test equipment
TestQuote - New & used test equipment, submit requests for free quotes
Surplus Sales of Nebraska - Good misc. parts (high voltage wire, variacs, etc.)
MetricTest - New, used, refurbished test equipment
Time Motion Tools - Tools & test equipment - good prices
Future Electronics - Parts & test equipment - good prices
LabX - New & reconditioned lab & medical equipment
TransCat - Equipment & Calibration
Alpha Electronics - Test equipment
Test Equity - New & used equipment, good prices
Used-Line.com - Used test equipment
Naptech - New & used test equipment
WebTronics - Electronics parts & equipment - good selection
Test-Equipment.net - Used test equipment - text website
Advanced Test Equipment - Rental & used test equipment
Bell Electronics - Sales, rental, leasing of new and refurbished test equipment