Power supplies meet medical performance specifications

22nd May 2015

Jordan Mulcare

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Excelsys Technologies' Xsolo power supplies have been designed and tested to meet both type B and BF requirements per the IEC 60601 standard. This makes them suitable for applications that need these levels of performance for power supplies used in medical applications. Excelsys’ testing procedures were performed in accordance with requirements for type B (body) and BF (body floating) medical end products.

The goal of the testing was to help manufacturers optimise their medical designs to achieve the highest performance and safety levels, enabling first-pass success during agency approvals. Type B applied parts, which are not typically attached to the patient for long periods of time, include LED lighting, medical lasers, medical imaging, hospital beds and phototherapy equipment.

Type BF applied parts have conductive long-term contact with a patient. These can include incubators, therapy systems patient heating and cooling equipment, ultrasound monitoring, cardiac monitoring, as well as long-term diagnostic equipment and blood pressure monitoring.

To demonstrate that its power supplies are suitable for these applications, Excelsys tested both its basic and low-leakage Xsolo models (XS1000-48N-000 and XS1000-48N-004) to the 60601 standard using an AC source providing 264VAC at 63Hz to recreate worse-case conditions.