Reaffirmed 2021

New Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 1) which is identical with ISO 5840-1 : 2021 ‘Cardiovascular implants - Cardiac valve prostheses - Part 1: General requirements’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Instruments Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

This Indian Standard is published in three parts. The other parts in this series are:

Part 2 Surgically Implanted Heart Valve Substitute

Part 3 Heart Valve Substitutes Implanted by Transcatheter Techniques