ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7206-4 Third edition 2010-06-15 Implants for surgery Partial and total hip joint prostheses - Part 4: Determination of endurance properties and performance of stemmed femoral components Implants chirurgicaux-Protheses partielles et totales de I'articulation delahanche- Partie 4: Deétermination des propriétés d'endurance et des performances des tiges fémorales Reference number ISO 7206-4:2010(E) @ISO 2010 ISO 7206-4:2010(E) Contents Page Foreword Introductior 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Principle. 5 Materials .... 5.1 Embedding material 5.2 Fluid test medium.... 6 Apparatus. 7 Selection oftest specimens. 8 Procedure.. 6 Endurance performance.. 5 10 Test report. 11 Disposal of test specimens. Annex A (informative) Examples of specimen orientation ... Bibliography... 3 @IsO 2010 -All rights reserved ii ISO 7206-4:2010(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeen International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adoptedbythetechnicalcommitteesarecirculatedtothememberbodiesforvoting.Publicationasan International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Bone and joint replacements. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (is0 7206-4:2002), which has been technically revised (see Introduction). joint prostheses: Part 1: Classification and designation of dimensions Part 2: Articulating surfaces made of metallic, ceramic and plastics materials -Part 4: Determination of endurance properties and performance of stemmed femoral components Part 8: Endurance performance of stemmed femoral components with application of torsion Part 10: Determination of resistance to static load of modular femoral heads A future part 12 will cover deformation testing for acetabular cups. iv ISO 2010 - All rights reserved