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Attention! Life Support
American Power Conversion (APC) Corporation and International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, their affiliates and
subsidiaries world-wide, do not recommend the use of any of their products in life support applications where failure or mal-
function of the product can be reasonably expected to cause failure of the life support device or to significantly affect its
safety or effectiveness. APC and IBM do not permit the use of any of their products in direct patient care. APC and IBM will
not knowingly sell their products for use in such applications
Examples of devices considered to be life support devices include, but are not limited to, neonatal oxygen analysers, nerve
stimulators (whether used for anesthesia, pain relief, or other purposes), autotransfusion devices, blood pumps, defibrillators,
arrhythmia detectors and alarms, pacemakers, hemodialysis systems, peritoneal dialysis systems, neonatal ventilator incuba-
tors, ventilators for both adults and infants, anesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps, and any other device designated as “criti-
cal” by the U.S.F.D.A.
Hospital grade wiring devices and reduced leakage currents that meet medical safety standards may be ordered as options on
many UPS systems. APC and IBM do not claim that units with these modifications are certified or listed as such by APC,
IBM or any other organizations, therefore these units do not meet the requirements for use in direct patient care.
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