Peter, I don't know much about Medical, but I have heard from some of our major customers that PVC use needs to be reduced because of chemicals covered under WEEE.
Josh From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: PVC in Medical Devices Are there formal requirements requiring that PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) NOT be used in medical device materials? If so, what are they called, and can there be exceptions to these rules. >From my understanding, there are only informal ones that medical device manufacturers should adhere to for example when selling in Europe. The insulating shrink material used on Nickel Metal Hydride batteries consists of PVC. Almost all battery suppliers use the same shrink material sold in many parts of the world. It would appear that this may be a concern. Thanks Peter Valentyik This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
