For Immediate Release
March 14, 2003

Maynard, MA - QuadTech, Inc., a leading electronic test equipment manufacturer in the electrical safety has begun facilitating a 2-day comprehensive detailed seminar, covering Medical Equipment Compliance on designing and evaluating products to the 601 standards. The seminar is intended to increase attendee awareness of product safety certification by exploring the requirements for medical equipment in the US and internationally.

The course is designed for quality assurance, design, test, and production engineers, as well as those closely associated to regulatory issues. The course content is focused to understanding requirements early in a product design phase, which can result in reduced product development costs, faster certification turnaround, and increased product safety. "This seminar is a natural extension of our recent, highly successful, 1-day west coast seminars focusing on the IEC 60601-1 Medical Electrical Equipment Standard," said Phil Harris, President and CEO of QuadTech.

Conducting this 2-day course is Brian R. Biersach, founder of Medical Equipment Compliance Associates (MECA), a company that provides certification and regulatory services and seminars. Brian has a BS degree in biomedical engineering, a BA degree in economics, is an ISO 9000 and Medical Device Directive Auditor and a US expert/acting secretary on the IEC/ISO Joint Working Group 3 Committee. Prior to founding MECA, Brian was a Medical Device Services Project Engineer and reviewer for UL and a primary instructor for UL's IEC60601-1 technical seminars.

The seminar will cover international law and harmonized standards, in particular IEC 60601-1 and UL 2601-1, the philosophy and structure of these standards as well as the electrical and mechanical safety issues related to them. Additionally the course encompasses manufacturing and production testing of medical products, testing for compliance to the standards, and the process of obtaining safety marks.

The first seminar will be held Wednesday, April 23rd and Thursday, April 24th, from 8am until 4pm at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington, Massachusetts. For information by phone please call Customer Care at QuadTech, 800-253-1230, extension 230.

For more information on QuadTech, its line of electrical safety test products or passive component testers, please call (800) 253-1230; fax: (978) 461-4295 or visit http://www.quadtech.com

About QuadTech:
QuadTech, an ISO 9001 Certified manufacturer, offers a complete line of instrumentation, LCR meters for testing passive components, Hipot testers and ground bond testers, safety analyzers, megohmmeters and milliohmmeters, as well as calibration and repair services. Based in Maynard, MA, QuadTech has a worldwide network of direct sales and distributors who service and support customers around the globe. In the United States, all of QuadTech's products carry a 45-day money back guarantee. In addition, QuadTech provides new product rental and lease plans.