Safety Notes - ADInstruments Bio Amp Owner's Manual

Safety Notes

Safety Notes
Statement of Intended Use
All products manufactured by ADInstruments are intended for use in
teaching and research applications and environments only. ADInstruments
products are NOT intended to be used as medical devices or in medical
environments. That is, no product supplied by ADInstruments is intended to
be used to diagnose, treat or monitor a subject. Furthermore no product is
intended for the prevention, curing or alleviation of disease, injury or
handicap.
Where a product meets IEC 60601-1 it is under the principle that:
• it is a more rigorous standard than other standards that could be chosen,
and
• it provides a high safety level for subjects and operators.
The choice to meet IEC 60601-1 is in no way to be interpreted to mean that a
product:
• is a medical device,
• may be interpreted as a medical device, or
• is safe to be used as a medical device.
Safety Symbols
Devices manufactured by ADInstruments that are designed for direct
connection to humans are tested to IEC 601-1:1998 (including amendments 1
and 2) and 60601-1-2, and carry one or more of the safety symbols below.
These symbols appear next to those inputs and output connectors that can be
directly connected to human subjects.
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