scope:

NEN-EN-IEC 60601-2-26 applies to BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE of ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHS (EEG) as defined in 201.3.63, hereafter referred to as ME EQUIPMENT. This standard is applicable to ME EQUIPMENT used in a clinical environment (e.g., hospital, physician's office, etc.). This standard does not cover requirements for other equipment used in electroencephalography such as: - phono-photic stimulators; - electroencephalographic telemetry; - EEG data storage and retrieval; - ME EQUIPMENT particularly intended for monitoring during electro-convulsive therapy; - ambulatory electroencephalographic recorders. 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. HAZARDS inherent in the intended physiological function of ME EQUIPMENT or ME SYSTEMS within the scope of this standard are not covered by specific requirements in this standard except in 7.2.13 and 8.4.1 of the general standard.