NOTE 1 For particular types of active implantable medical devices, these general requirements are supplemented or modified by the requirements of particular standards which form additional parts of this European Standard.

NOTE 2 The device that is commonly referred to as an active implantable medical device can be a single device, a combination of devices, or a combination of a device or devices and one or more accessories. Not all of these parts are required to be either partially or totally implantable, but there is a need to specify some requirements of non-implantable parts and accessories if they could affect the safety or performance of the implantable device.

NOTE 3 In this part of EN 45502, terms printed in small capital letters are used as defined in Clause 3. Where a defined term is used as a qualifier in another term, it is not printed in small capital letters unless the concept thus qualified is also defined.