ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7206-6 Second edition 2013-11-15 Implants for surgery - Partial and total hip joint prostheses - Part 6: Endurance properties testing and performance requirements of neck region of stemmed femoral components Implants chirurgicaux - Protheses partielles et totales de I'articulation de la hanche - Partie 6: Exigences de performance et essais des propriétés d'endurance de la region du col des tiges femorales Reference number IS0 7206-6:2013(E) ISO CopyrihtInternational Organization for Standardization @ IS0 2013 ed without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 7206-6:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS02013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 7206-6:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions 4 Principle of the test method ..2 5 Materials ..2 6 Apparatus 7 Selection of test specimens ..3 8 Procedure. .3 8.1 Measurement of the distance (CT) ..3 8.2 Definition of the distal stem axis .3 8.3 Definition of the proximal stem axis .3 8.4 Specimen positioning. .3 8.5 Specimen embedding 4 8.6 Embedding medium hardening .4 8.7 Test conditions. .4 8.8 Loading. ..4 8.9 Frequency 4 8.10 Test end .4 8.11 Complementary analysis 5 8.12 Test repetition. ..5 9 Endurance performance ..5 10 Test report 11 Disposal of test specimens Annex A (informative) Examples of specimen orientation Bibliography ..15 ii d without license from IHS Not for Resale