IS 8261 : Part 4 : 1998/ISO 5838-1 : 1995 Pins and wires skeletal traction Part 4: Material and mechanical requirements

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard ( Part 4 ) ( First Revision ) which is identical with IS0 5838-l : 1995 ‘Implants for surgery - Skeletal pins and wires - Part 1 : Material and mechanical requirements’, issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendations of the Orthopaedic Instruments and Accessories Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1984 as dual number standard. Its first revision has been issued to incorporate the modifications effected in the second edition of IS0 5838-l brought out in 1995. In this revised version a complete set of raw materials has been replaced with the old one and their mechanical properties, that is, ultimate tensile strength and elongation, etc, have been redefined.

The related new IS0 standards for these materials have also been included in the normative reference clause.

The text of above mentioned IS0 standard has been approved as suitable for publication as Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not~identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following :

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma ( , ) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point ( . ) as the decimal marker.