BS 3531-6.1:1990

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Materials
4 Finish
5 Packaging
6 Marking of implants
Section two. Skeletal pins
7 Dimensions
8 Point
9 Head of shank
Section three. Skeletal wires
10 Diameter
Section four. Guide wires
11 Diameter
12 Ends
13 Graduation marks
Section five. Fixation and threaded pins or wires
14 Dimensions
15 Ends
16 Nuts
Tables
1 Tensile strength of wires made of austenitic
    stainless steel
2 Skeletal pins (e.g. Steinmann pins)
Appendix
A Information to be supplied by the purchaser

Requirements for skeletal pins (eg Steinmann pins), wires (eg Kirschner wires), guide wires with graduation marks (eg for insertion of cannulated hip nails), and fixation and threaded pins and wires.

This Section of BS3531 specifies basic requirements for skeletal pins and wires, made of wrought austenitic stainless steel, wrought cobalt-chromium-tungsten-nickel alloy or of wrought titanium alloy, used in orthopaedic surgery. Provision is made for: skeletal pins used for skeletal traction and in compression clamps, e.g. Steinmann pins; skeletal wires used for skeletal traction and fixation, e.g. Kirschner wires; guide wires used to aid the insertion of other devices such as cannulated hip nails; fixation and threaded pins and wires, used for the fixation of displaced upper femoral epiphysis or in the treatment of fractures.