CSA Preface 

This is the second edition of CSA C22.2 No. 80601-2-67, Medical electrical equipment — Part 2-67: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of oxygen-conserving equipment, which is an adoption, with Canadian deviations, of the identically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 80601-2-67 (second edition, 2020-10). It supersedes the previous edition, published in 2017 as CSA C22.2 No. 80601-2-67 (adopted ISO 80601-2-67:2014). It is one in a series of Standards issued by CSA Group under Part II of the Canadian Electrical Code. For brevity, this Standard will be referred to as "CSA C22.2 No. 80601-2-67" throughout. This Standard is intended to be used in conjunction with CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60601-1:14, Medical electrical equipment — Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance (adopted IEC Standard 60601-1:2005, edition 3.2, with Canadian deviations). This Standard is considered suitable for use for conformity assessment within the stated scope of the Standard. This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the CSA Technical Committee on Consumer and Commercial Products, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Requirements for Electrical Safety, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. Due to the medical content of this Standard, it was also approved by the CSA Technical Committee on Application of Electricity in Health Care, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Health and Well-being. This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. 

Scope and object 

IEC 60601-1:2005+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2020, Clause 1 applies, except as follows: NOTE The general standard is IEC 60601-1:2005+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2020. 201.1.1 Scope IEC 60601-1:2005+AMD1:2012, 1.1 is replaced by: This document is applicable to the basic safety and essential performance of oxygen conserving equipment, hereafter referred to as ME equipment, in combination with its accessories intended to conserve supplemental oxygen by delivering gas intermittently and synchronized with the patient's inspiratory cycle, when used in the home healthcare environment. Oxygen conserving equipment is typically used by a lay operator. 

NOTE 1 Conserving equipment can also be used in professional health care facilities. This document is also applicable to conserving equipment that is incorporated with other equipment. EXAMPLE Conserving equipment combined with a pressure regulator[2], an oxygen concentrator[7] or liquid oxygen equipment[4]. This document is also applicable to those accessories intended by their manufacturer to be connected to conserving equipment, where the characteristics of those accessories can affect the basic safety or essential performance of the conserving equipment. This document is intended to clarify the difference in operation of various conserving equipment models, as well as between the operation of conserving equipment and continuous flow oxygen equipment, by requiring standardized performance testing and labelling. This document is only applicable to active devices (e.g. pneumatically or electrically powered) and is not applicable to non-active devices (e.g. reservoir cannulas). 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 document are not covered by specific requirements in this document except in IEC 60601-1:2005 +AMD1:2012, 7.2.13 and 8.4.1. 

NOTE 2 Additional information can be found in IEC 60601-1:2005 +AMD1:2012, 4.2. 

201.1.2 Object IEC 60601-1:2005, 1.2 is replaced by: The object of this document is to establish particular basic safety and essential performance requirements for conserving equipment [as defined in 201.3.201] and its accessories. 

NOTE 1 Accessories are included because accessories can have a significant impact on the basic safety or essential performance of conserving equipment. 

NOTE 2 This document has been prepared to address the relevant essential principles[11] and labelling[12] guidances of the International Medical Devices Regulators Forum (IMDRF) as indicated in Annex BB. NOTE 3 This document has been prepared to address the relevant essential principles of safety and performance of ISO 16142-1:2016 as indicated in Annex CC. NOTE 4 This document has been prepared to address the relevant general safety and performance requirements of European regulation (EU) 2017/745 [10] as indicated in Annex DD.