BS IS0 8549-4:2020 BSl Standards Publication Prosthetics and orthotics Vocabulary Part 4: Terms relating to limb amputation bsi. BSISO8549-4:2020 BRITISH STANDARD Nationalforeword This British Standard is the UK implementation of IS0 8549-4:2020. It supersedes BS IS0 8549-4:2014, which is withdrawn. TheUKparticipation inits preparation was entrustedto Technical Committee CH/168,Prostheticsandorthotics. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on requesttoitscommitteemanager. This publication does not purportto include all the necessary provisions ofa contract.Users areresponsiblefor its correctapplication. @TheBritishStandards Institution2020 PublishedbyBSIStandardsLimited2020 ISBN9780539137248 ICS11.040.40; 01.040.11 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2020. Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Text affected BS IS0 8549-4:2020 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 8549-4 Second edition 2020-09-11 Prosthetics and orthotics - Vocabulary - Part 4: Terms relating to limb amputation Prothesesetortheses-Vocabulaire- Partie 4: Termes relatifs a I'amputation de membres Reference number IS0 8549-4:2020(E) ISO @IS02020 BSIS08549-4:2020 IS08549-4:2020(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0 2020,Published in Switzerland 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 Ch.de Blandonnet 8.CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ii IS02020-Allrights reserved BSISO8549-4:2020 IS08549-4:2020 Contents Page Foreword iv Introduction V 1 Scope. .1 2 Normativereferences .1 3 Terms and definitions. 1 3.1 General limb amputation 1 3.2 Amputationprocedures 3 3.3 Person who has had an amputation 3 Bibliography 5 @ IS0 2020 - All rights reserved ii BSIS08549-4:2020 IS08549-4:2020 Foreword Iso (theInternational Organizationfor Standardization)is a worldwidefederation of national standards bodies (Iso member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations,governmental and non-governmental, inliaison with IsO,also takepart inthe work ISo collaborates closelywith the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISo/IEc Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types of IsO documents should be noted.This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISo/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives). 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. Details of any patentrights identified during the development of thedocumentwill be inthe Introductionand/or on the Iso list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents) Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constituteanendorsement. For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of Iso specific terms and expressions related to conformity assessment,as well as information about Iso