Clause 1 of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 applies, except as follows:
Replacement:
This document applies to the BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE of LIGHT ION BEAM ME EQUIPMENT, hereafter referred to as ME EQUIPMENT, used for treatment of PATIENTS.
If a clause or subclause is specifically intended to be applicable to ME EQUIPMENT only, or to ME SYSTEMS only, the title and content of that clause or subclause will say so. If that is not the case, the clause or subclause applies both to ME EQUIPMENT and to ME SYSTEMS, as relevant.
This document, with the inclusion of TYPE TESTS and SITE TESTS, applies respectively to the MANUFACTURER and SPECIFIED installation aspects of LIGHT ION BEAM ME EQUIPMENT
intended for RADIOTHERAPY in human medical practice, including those in which the selection and DISPLAY of operating parameters can be controlled automatically by PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SUBSYSTEMS (PESS),
that, in NORMAL USE, deliver a RADIATION BEAM of LIGHT IONS having ENERGY PER NUCLEON in the range 10 MeV/n to 500 MeV/n,
and
intended to be
for NORMAL USE, operated under the authority of appropriately licensed or QUALIFIED PERSONS by OPERATORS having the required skills for a particular medical application, for particular SPECIFIED clinical purposes maintained in accordance with the recommendations given in the INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE,
subject to regular quality assurance performance and calibration checks by a QUALIFIED PERSON.
NOTE 2 In this document, all references to ABSORBED DOSE refer to ABSORBED DOSE in water.
NOTE 3 Information regarding x-ray image guidance can be found in IEC 60601‑2‑68.
NOTE 4 IEC 61217 gives guidance on the designation of ME EQUIPMENT movements, the marking of scales, their zero positions and the direction of movement with increasing value (see 201.7.4.101).
Replacement:
The object of this document is to establish particular BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE requirements for LIGHT ION BEAM ME EQUIPMENT in the range 10 MeV/n to 500 MeV/n and to SPECIFY tests to check compliance to those requirements.
NOTE The adoption of this document helps to ensure that the ME EQUIPMENT
maintains PATIENT safety during ME EQUIPMENT movements and failure of the SUPPLY MAINS;
delivers the pre-selected RADIATION TYPE, ENERGY PER NUCLEON, LIGHT ION species, and ABSORBED DOSE;
delivers pre-selected LIGHT ION BEAMS to the PATIENT, by utilizing LIGHT ION BEAM modifying devices, etc., without causing unnecessary risk to the PATIENT, the OPERATOR, other persons or the environment.
Addition:
This particular standard refers to those applicable collateral standards that are listed in Clause 2 of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 and Clause 201.2 of this document.
IEC 60601‑1‑6:2010, IEC 60601‑1‑6:2010/AMD1:2013 and IEC 60601‑1‑6:2010/AMD2:2020 applies as modified in Clause 206. IEC 60601‑1‑3, IEC 60601‑1‑8, IEC 60601‑1‑9 [1] 1 and IEC 60601‑1‑10 [2] do not apply. All other published collateral standards in the IEC 60601‑1 series apply as published.
NOTE Collateral standards published after the date of publication of this document will only apply subject to further amendment to this document.
Replacement:
In the IEC 60601 series, particular standards may modify, replace or delete requirements contained in IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 and collateral standards as appropriate for the particular ME EQUIPMENT under consideration, and may add other BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE requirements.
A requirement of a particular standard takes priority over IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020.
The numbering of clauses and subclauses of this document corresponds to that of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 with the prefix "201" (e.g. 201.1 in this document addresses the content of Clause 1 of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020) or applicable collateral standard with the prefix "20x" where x is the final digit(s) of the collateral standard document number (e.g. 202.4 addresses the content of Clause 4 of the IEC 60601‑1‑2 collateral standard, 203.4 addresses the content of Clause 4 of the 60601-1-3 collateral standard, etc.). The changes to the text of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 are specified by the use of the following words:
"Replacement" means that the clause or subclause of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 or applicable collateral standard is replaced completely by the text in this document.
"Addition" means that the text of this document is additional to the requirements of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 or applicable collateral standard.
"Amendment" means that the clause or subclause of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 or applicable collateral standard is amended as indicated by the text of this document.
Subclauses, figures or tables which are additional to those of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 are numbered starting from 201.101. However, due to the fact that definitions in IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 are numbered 3.1 through 3.154, additional definitions in this document are numbered beginning from 201.3.201. Additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc., and additional items aa), bb), etc.
Subclauses, figures or tables which are additional to those of a collateral standard are numbered starting from 20x, where "x" is the number of the collateral standard, e.g. 202 for IEC 60601‑1‑2, 203 for IEC 60601‑1‑3, etc.
Where there is no corresponding clause or subclause in this document, the clause or subclause of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 or applicable collateral standard, although possibly not relevant, applies without modification; where it is intended that any part of IEC 60601‑1:2005, IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD1:2012 and IEC 60601‑1:2005/AMD2:2020 or applicable collateral standard, although possibly relevant, is not to be applied, a statement to that effect is given in this document.
IEC 60601-2-64 Amd.1 Ed.1.0
EN 60601-2-64 Amd.1 Ed.1.0
NOTE 1 In this document, all references to installation refer to installation in the RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION's premises.