User's Manual
LBL‐0176,Rev1|UserSupplementalInformation,
Proteus®Patch
Page7of7 Effective:19DEC2013
Recommendedseparationdistancesbetweenportableandmobile
RFcommunicationsequipmentandtheProteusPatch
The Proteus Patch is intended for use in an electromagnetic environment in which radiated RF
disturbances are controlled. The customer or the user of the Patch can help prevent
electromagneticinterferencebymaintaining a minimum distancebetweenportableandmobileRF
communications equipment (transmitters) and the Proteus Patch as recommended below,
accordingtothemaximumoutputpowerofthecommunicationsequipment.
Ratedmaximum
outputpowerof
transmitter
W
Separationdistanceaccordingtofrequencyoftransmitter
150kHzto80MHz
d=1,2√P
80MHzto800MHz
d=1,2√P
800MHzto2.5GHz
d=2,3√P
0.01 Notapplicable 0.1 0.23
0.1 Notapplicable 0.4 0.74
1 Notapplicable 1.2 2.3
10 Notapplicable 3.7 7.4
100 Notapplicable 12 23
Fortransmittersratedatamaximumoutputpowernotlistedabove,there commendedseparation
distance d in meters (m) can be estima ted using the equation applicable to the frequency of the
transmitter,wherePisthemaximumoutputpowe rratingofthetransmitterinwatts(W)according
tothetransmittermanufacturer.
NOTE1At80MHzand800MHz,theseparationdistanceforthehigherfrequencyrangeapplies.
NOTE2Theseguidelinesmaynotapplyinallsituations.Electromagneticpropagationisaffectedby
absorptionandreflectionfromstructures,objectsandpeople.
1.8–EuropeanR&TTEDeclarationofConformity
Hereby, Proteus® Digital Health, Inc., declares that the Proteus Patch is in compliance with the
essential requirements and other relevant provisions of R&TTE (Radio and Telecommunications
Terminal Equipment) Directive 1999/5/EC. The product is compliant with the following standards
and/orothernormativedocuments:
Safety(art.3.1a): EN60601‐1,3
rd
Ed,IEC60601‐1‐11
EMC(art.3.1b): EN301489‐17v2.2.1
Spectrum(art.3.2): EN300328v1.8.1
Other: EN60601‐1‐2(2007)
TheProteusPatchcanbeusedincountriesintheEuropeanUnion.
1.9–CISPRInterferenceStatement
MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT needs special precautions regarding
EMC and needs to be
installed and put into service according to the EMC information provided in this section of the
manual. Portable and mobile RF communications equipment can affect MEDICAL ELECTRICAL