IEC 60601-2-4:2010规定了心脏除颤器的特殊基本安全和基本性能要求。第三版取消并取代了2002年出版的第二版。本版本构成技术修订版，修订后的版本在结构上与IEC 60601-1:2005保持一致，并执行IEC SC 62A的决定，即按照IEC 60601-1:2005编写的特定标准的条款编号结构将遵循ISO/IEC指令第2部分:2004中规定的格式。本第三版的目的是通过重新格式化和技术变更，使本特定标准与通用标准第三版保持一致。

IEC 60601-2-4:2010 establishes particular basic safety and essential performance requirements for cardiac defibrillators. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2002. This edition constitutes a technical revision, revised to structurally align it with IEC 60601-1:2005 and to implement the decision of IEC SC 62A that the clause numbering structure of particular standards written to IEC 60601-1:2005 would adhere to the form specified in ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2:2004. The aim of this third edition is to bring this particular standard up to date with reference to the third edition of the general standard through reformatting and technical changes.