Life-Support Policy

General policy	As a general policy, American Power Conversion (APC) does
	not recommend the use of any of its products 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 significantly affect its safety or effectiveness. APC
	does not recommend the use of any of its products in 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.
Examples of	The term life-support device includes but is not limited to:
life-support	neonatal oxygen analyzers, nerve stimulators (whether used for
devices	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 both
	adults and infants, anesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps and
	any other devices designated as “critical” by the U.S. FDA.
	Hospital-grade wiring and leakage current protection may be
	ordered as options on many APC UPS systems. APC does not
	claim that units with these 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.