BS EN 14931:2006
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Pressure vessels for human occupancy (PVHO). Multi-place pressure chambers for hyperbaric therapy. Performance, safety requirements and testing
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07-31-2008
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Performance, safety requirements and testing
4.1 General
4.2 General requirements common to ante chamber
and main chamber
4.3 Main chamber requirements
4.4 Ante chamber requirements
4.5 Control console
4.6 Compressed air supply system
4.7 Treatment gas supply
4.8 Communications
4.9 Emergency power supply
5 Operating instructions
6 Marking
Annex A (normative) - Adaptor set for compression chambers
A.1 General
A.2 Standard connections or adaptor set required for
the interchangeability of compression chambers
A.3 Adaptor set female coupling (locking ring)
A.4 Adaptor set male coupling (reducing ring)
A.5 Basic dimensions for a treatment chamber to allow
mating with a transport chamber
A.6 Basic dimensions for a transport chamber to allow
mating with a treatment chamber
Annex B (informative) - Recommendations for medical devices
used in hyperbaric chamber systems
B.1 General
B.2 Pressure
B.3 Oxygen
B.4 Electricity
B.5 Typical medical equipment which may be required for
critical care
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
Standard and the Essential Requirements
of EU Directive 93/42/EC
Bibliography
Describes the performance and safety requirements and their associated test methods for multi-place pressure chambers designed for pressures in excess of ambient atmospheric pressure and employed in medical installations for therapeutic purposes, in the following referred to as pressure chambers.
| Committee |
CH/100
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 04/30057165 DC. (08/2008)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
42
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This European Standard is applicable to the performance and safety requirements and their associated test methods for multi-place pressure chambers designed for pressures in excess of ambient atmospheric pressure and employed in medical installations for therapeutic purposes, in the following referred to as pressure chambers.
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