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IEC 60601-1-4

I need to find out what the international limits are on injecting current into the body between DC-100 Hz. If I can get a wider band of frequencies that would be even sweeter. Unfortunately the IEC 60601-1-4 cost big bucks, and I can't find it in any library. Can anyone out there help? The cheapest I've found is around $150. What's up with that?

Update
Jackpot. Meca Associates gives a checklist that has a condensed data 60601-1 for free. That's really something. Kudos.

More stuff:

• Some hints can be found here, but don't really address my question.
• A thread in Google groups mentions that the maximum leakage under IEC 60601-1 for cardiac applications is something like μA.
• Another (from 1999) states that the Federal Regs say leakage current on a device that could come in contact with a patient cannot exceed 300 μA"
• I found a draft standard of UL 60601-1. While it isn't the real thing, it might be good enough to give me some numbers to work with. The real thing is sold by UL for a whopping $550. That's really annoying. How can they sell a standard that everyone has to follow? You have to pay to be in compliance AND you have to pay to find out what you have to comply to. To be fair, someone had to write this all up, but still...