APC ACF102BLK User Manual

American Power Conversion (

APC

) does not recommend the use of any of its products in the 

following situations:

• In life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the 

APC

 product can be reasonably 

expected to cause failure of the life-support device or to affect significantly its safety or 
effectiveness.

•

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n direct patient care.

APC

 will not knowingly sell its products for use in such applications unless it receives in writing 

assurances satisfactory to 

APC

 that (a) the risks of injury or damage have been minimized, (b) the 

customer assumes all such risks, and (c) the liability of American Power Conversion is adequately 
protected under the circumstances.

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The term life-support device includes but is not limited to neonatal oxygen analyzers, 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 incubators, ventilators (for adults and infants), 
anesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps, and any other devices designated as “critical” by the 

U.S. 

FDA

.

Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current protection may be ordered as options on many 

APC UPS

 systems. 

APC

 does not claim that units with this modifications are certified or listed as 

hospital-grade by 

APC

 or any other organization. Therefore these units do not meet the requirements 

for use in direct patient care.

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