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NBN EN 61689:2013 (2013-04) ULTRASONICS - PHYSIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS - FIELD SPECIFICATIONS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT in THE FREQUENCY RANGE 0,5 MHz TO 5 MHz
 
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Description
Is applicable to ultrasonic equipment designed for physiotherapy containing an ultrasonic transducer generating continuous or quasi-continuous wave ultrasound in the frequency range 0,5 MHz to 5 MHz. This standard only relates to ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment employing a single plane non-focusing circular transducer per treatment head, producing static beams perpendicular to the face of the treatment head. This standard specifies: -o methods of measurement and characterization of the output of ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment based on reference testing methods; - characteristics to be specified by manufacturers of ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment based on reference testing methods; - guidelines for safety of the ultrasonic field generated by ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment; - methods of measurement and characterization of the output of ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment based on routine testing methods; - acceptance criteria for aspects of the output of ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment based on routine testing methods. Therapeutic value and methods of use of ultrasonic physiotherapy equipment are not covered by the scope of this standard.
Class  C74  (EQUIPMENT USING ELECTRICAL POWER RADIOLOGY AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND THEIR ACCESSORIES)
Available files
ATTENTION: Belgian registered standards (NBN EN or NBN HD) are generally only available in English or French. Only the cover page is translated and the document itself is in English or in French.

Very important notice: 98% of the text of the NBN EN 55XXX, NBN EN 6XXXX comes from the IEC text which is NOT included. This text can be ordered here: IEC 61689:2013. For the series NBN EN 50XXX, the standards are however complete.

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Status
Status Registered trilingual Belgian standard EN or FR or DE
Situation valid till 2025-04-12
Replaced by  NBN EN IEC 61689:2022
Replaces  NBN EN 61689:2008
Origin
Committee TC 87
ULTRASONICS
Approval
BEC Approval 2013-04-02
NBN Approval 2013-06-21
Belgian Official Journal 2013-08-28
Registration 136702
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) 11.040.60
NBN Status New
Date of ratification (d.o.r.) 2013-04-02
Date of availability (d.a.v.) 2013-04-19
Date of announcement (d.o.a.) 2013-07-02
Date of publication (d.o.p.) 2014-01-02
Date of withdrawal former edition (d.o.w.) 2016-04-02
Correspondences with international standards
Relation International standard Date
is identical to EN 61689:2013 2013-04-19
is identical to IEC 61689:2013/ed. 3.0 2013-02-26
Relations to belgian/foreign publications
Type Origin Code Date
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-1
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-2-5
Standard Belgium NBN EN 61161
Standard Belgium NBN EN 62127-1