ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16402 First edition 2008-05-15 Implants for surgery Acrylic resin cement Flexural fatigue testing of acrylic resin cements used in orthopaedics Implants chirurgicaux - Ciment a base de résine acrylique -Essais de fatigue flexurale des ciments a base de résine acrylique utiliseés en orthopédie Reference number ISO 16402:2008(E) ISO @ ISO 2008 by IHS under lic Not for Resale ISO 16402:2008(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. . In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure thatthe file is suitableforuse by IsO member bodies. In the COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2008 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing 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 [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ISO2008-All rights reserved py IHS unde mitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 16402:2008(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International ElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. 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 adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an 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. ISO 16402 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 150, Implants for surgery, Subcommittee SC 1, Materials. ii