(Superseding IS 12311 : 1987)

Reaffirmed 2023

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 2/Sec 6) which is identical with IEC 60601-2-6 : 2012 ‘Medical electrical equipment 2-6 : Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of microwave therapy equipment’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Electromedical, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy Equipment Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

IS 12311 was published in 1987 based on IEC 601-2-6(1984) ‘Medical electrical equipment : Part 2 Particular requirements for the safety of microwave therapy equipment’. On revision of IEC 601-2-6 (1984) as IEC 60601-2-6 : 2012 this revision has been taken up for harmonizing it with latest International Standard. This standard will be published as one of the Indian Standard in the series of IS 13450 to maintain similarity. On publication, this standard will supersede IS 12311 : 1987 ‘Specification for microwave diathermy equipment for therapeutic purposes’.

Only the English language text in the International Standard has been retained while adopting it in this Indian Standard.

Amendment No. 1 : 2016 has been incorporated in the consolidated version (edition 2.1).

The text of IEC Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as Indian Standard without deviations. Certain terminology and conventions are however not identical to those used in the Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.