Title :
Overlap between the Medical Devices Directive and the EMC directive
Author_Institution :
SGS EMC Services, Sunderland, UK
Abstract :
There has been considerable confusion regarding the overlap between the EMC Directive and the Medical Devices Directive. The present paper is intended to establish the legislative EMC requirements placed upon manufacturers of medical devices. The paper describes the range of options for EMC compliance open to manufacturers, and the associated time scales
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; conformance testing; electromagnetic compatibility; legislation; EMC compliance; EMC directive (89/336); EMC regulations (statutory instrument 1992 2372); Medical Devices Directive (93/42); legislative EMC requirement; manufacturers;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Interference in Hospitals, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
