IEC 60601-2-65:2012/AMD1:2017

IEC 60601-2-65 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 1
AM ENDEMENT 1
Medical electrical equipment –
Part 2-65: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance
of dental intra-oral X-ray equipment

Appareils électromédicaux –
Partie 2-65: Exigences particulières pour la sécurité de base et les performances
essentielles des appareils à rayonnement X dentaires intra-oraux

IEC 60601-2-65:2012-09/AMD1:2017-05(en-fr)

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IEC 60601-2-65 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 1
AM ENDEMENT 1
Medical electrical equipment –

Part 2-65: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance

of dental intra-oral X-ray equipment

Appareils électromédicaux –
Partie 2-65: Exigences particulières pour la sécurité de base et les performances

essentielles des appareils à rayonnement X dentaires intra-oraux

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 11.040.50 ISBN 978-2-8322-4260-5

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 62B: Diagnostic imaging equipment, of
IEC technical committee 62: Electrical equipment in medical practice.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
62B/1006/CDV 62B/1039/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION TO AMENDMENT 1
The purpose of this first amendment to IEC 60601-2-65:2012 is to introduce changes to
reference the Amendment 1 (2012) to IEC 60601-1:2005. As neither IEC 60601-2-65:2012 nor
this amendment refers to specific elements of IEC 60601-1-2, the introduction of a dated
reference to the latter document has been removed.

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201.1 Scope, object and related standards
Replace the text of the existing footnote by the following:
1)
The general standard is IEC 60601-1:2005 and IEC 60601-1:2005/AMD1:2012, Medical electrical equipment –
Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

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201.1.3 Collateral standards
Replace the existing second sentence of the second paragraph by the following:
2 3
IEC 60601-1-8, IEC 60601-1-10 , IEC 60601-1-11 and IEC 60601-1-12 do not apply

201.2 Normative references
Delete, under "Replacement", the existing reference to IEC 60601-1-2:2007.
Replace, under "Replacement", the existing reference to IEC 60601-1-3 by the following:
IEC 60601-1-3:2008, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-3: General requirements for basic
safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Radiation protection in diagnostic
X-ray equipment
IEC 60601-1-3:2008/AMD1:2013
Add, under "Addition", the following new reference:
IEC 60601-1:2005, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic
safety and essential performance
IEC 60601-1:2005/AMD1:2012
201.3 Terms and definitions
Replace, under "Amendment", "IEC 60601-1:2005" by "IEC 60601-1:2005 and IEC 60601-
1:2005/AMD1:2012".
201.4.3.101 Additional ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE requirements
Replace the existing title of this subclause by the following:
201.4.3.101 Additional potential ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE requirements

202 Electromagnetic compatibility – Requirements and tests
Replace the first sentence of this subclause by the following:
IEC 60601-1-2 applies, except as follows.

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IEC 60601-1-10, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-10: General requirements for basic safety and essential
performance – Collateral Standard: Requirements for the development of physiologic closed-loop controllers
IEC 60601-1-11, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-11: General requirements for basic safety and essential
performance – Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical
systems used in the home healthcare environment
IEC 60601-1-12, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-12: General requirements for basic safety and essential
performance – Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical
systems intended for use in the emergency medical services environment

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202.101 Immunity testing of ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE
Replace the existing first paragraph by the following new paragraph:
The MANUFACTURER may minimize the test requirements of the additional potential ESSENTIAL
PERFORMANCE requirements listed in Table 201.101 to a practical level through the RISK
MA
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