The international medical device EMC standard - IEC 60601-1-2 is increasingly important in the electrical medical device world, equipment that complies with the requirements of the standard has the potential of being used seamlessly around the world.
Any electronic device can be affected by EMI/RFI, including medical devices. The wireless features of medical devices (or any other wireless device) can also be affected. The larger medical device vendors have dedicated engineers and techs who do EMI/RFI testing and troubleshoot interference problems according to customers’ need.
Newer medical instruments are often more sensitive to electromagnetic interference because they incorporate low power integrated electronic circuitry that can be much more sensitive to electromagnetic fields than their electrical predecessors.
Any electronic device can be affected by EMI/RFI, including medical devices. The wireless features of medical devices (or any other wireless device) can also be affected. These power line EMI/RFI filters are to reduce high frequency electronic noise that may cause interference from and between medical devices.