BS 7254-5:1990

This standard BS 7254-5:1990 Orthopaedic implants is classified in these ICS categories:

• 11.040.40 Implants for surgery, prosthetics and orthotics

This Part of BS 7254 specifies requirements for the production of castings made of cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy for use in the manufacture of surgical implants.

NOTE 1 This Part of BS 7254 applies to castings produced by a subcontractor and dispatched to an implant manufacturer and to castings produced by an implant manufacturer's foundry for conversion into finished implants by the same manufacturer. See Appendix A for information to be supplied by the purchaser.

NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Specifies process requirements. Excludes finished implants.