[ Superseding IS 5347 (Part 18) : 2002 ]

Reaffirmed 2023

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard which is identical with ISO 13356 : 2015 ‘Implants for surgery ? Ceramic materials based on yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Y-TZP)’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Orthopaedic Instruments Implant and Accessories Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

This standard was originally published in 2002 as IS 5347 (Part 18) identical to ISO 13356 : 1997. The Committee has now decided to revise and adopt this standard under the single numbering system in order to align it with the latest edition of ISO 13356 : 2015 to make pace with the latest international practices.

This standard supersedes IS 5347 (Part 18) : 2002 ‘Requirements for orthopaedic implants: Part 18 Ceramic materials based on yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Y-TZP)’. IS 5347 (Part 18) : 2002 shall now be treated as withdrawn.

The text of the ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain terminologies and conventions are, however, not identical to those used in the 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.