ISO/DIS 7206-8

Implants for surgery — Partial and total hip joint prostheses — Part 8: Methods of determining endurance performance of stemmed femoral components

Scope

ISO 7206-8:2007 specifies methods for fatigue tests with the aim of confirmation of performance criteria given in ISO 7206-4.
The allowed test methods, common equations for cyclic load and the minimum number of load cycles for each method and the required number of specimens are specified.
ISO 7206-8:2007 is applicable for confirming the performance criteria of ISO 7206-4.