IEC 61508 Safety Case: Design Validation

Open Safety produce and support its range of rebreathers, within Deep Life Group's certified Functional Safety processes. Design and validation is performed by other companies within Deep Life Group to avoid conflicts of interest - the principle that the designer does not test, and the testing is not performed by the same team that manufacturers or sells the product.

All reports reported here has been subject to completely independent audit (by SGS as the Notified Body, Qinetiq, or SIRA), and by an industry panel assembled from outside Deep Life Group. Our advanced technologies such as end-of-tidal CO2 sensing, twin scrubbers, and umbilical rebreather were subject to a Devils Advocate review by a lead competitor contracted for that purpose. Our publication here implements the Functional Safety "Right to Know" for all safety data. Additionally it extends that level of critical review to include the public and all other interested parties.