IS 6442 : 1989 Thoracic Surgery Instruments - Shears, Rib, Tudor Edward's Pattern, for Posterior End of Ribs - Specification

1 Scope

This standard prescribes requirements and tests for TudorEdward's pattern rib , shears used for posterior end of ribs inthoracic surgery.

2 References

IS 1501 : Part 1 :1984 Method for Vickers hardness test formetallicmaterials: Part 1 HV5 to HV100

IS 3642 :1978General requirements for surgical instruments

IS 4905 :1968Methods for random sampling

IS 6603 :1972Specification for stainless steel bars and flats

IS 7531 :1975Method for boiling and autoclaving test forcorrosion resistance of stainless steel surgicalinstruments