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VS-1616D-MD - Getting Started
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2.5
Recycling Kramer Products
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC
aims to reduce the amount of WEEE sent for disposal to landfill or incineration by
requiring it to be collected and recycled. To comply with the WEEE Directive,
Kramer Electronics has made arrangements with the European Advanced
Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and
recovery of waste Kramer Electronics branded equipment on arrival at the EARN
facility. For details of Kramer’s recycling arrangements in your particular country
go to our recycling pages at
http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/recycling/
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2.6
Medical Electrical Equipment (IEC 60601-1)
In the modern medical environment remote access is essential, for example, to
transfer clinical data between doctors and to train to medical students. The
VS-1616D-MD
is certified according to the IEC 60601-1, Clause 2.1.3, Medical
Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for EMC standard which is
required when accessory devices are used at locations where medical personnel
and patients are present.
The
VS-1616D-MD
constitutes an optional component that can be considered
necessary and suitable as part of medical equipment or for use as part of a
medical system to provide real time simultaneous video feeds to those present at
the local medical environment and at remote locations. In this environment, the
product can be added to the system ONLY if the connecting equipment has been
evaluated and meets the IEC 60601-1 safety standards. Note, that when attaching
accessory devices to a digital or analog interface, they must comply with the IEC
standard for which they are used: Safety Standard (IEC 60601-1), Information
Technology equipment (IEC 60950-1 (2ed)).