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BS 3531-6.1:1990

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Implants for osteosynthesis. Skeletal pins and wires Specification for general requirements

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English

Published date

31-08-1990

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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.

Committee
CH/150/5
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 89/54058 DC and BS 3531-6(1982) (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
10
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

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.

BS 3531-11:1990 Implants for osteosynthesis Specification for staples
BS 3531-15:1990 Implants for osteosynthesis Specification for devices for the fixation of the ends of the femur in adults
BS 3531-6.2:1991 Implants for osteosynthesis. Skeletal pins and wires Specification for dimensions of Steinmann skeletal pins

BS 5903:1980 Method for determination of resistance to intergranular corrosion of austenitic stainless steels: copper sulphate-sulphuric acid method (Moneypenny Strauss test)
BS 7254-2:1990 Orthopaedic implants Specification for general requirements for materials and finish
BS 7254-1:1990 Orthopaedic implants Specification for marking, packaging and labelling
BS 7252-3:1990 Metallic materials for surgical implants Specification for wrought titanium 6-aluminium 4-vanadium alloy
BS 7252-5:1990 Metallic materials for surgical implants Specification for wrought cobalt-chromium-tungsten-nickel alloy
BS 4545:1970 Methods for mechanical testing of steel wire
BS 7252-1:1990 Metallic materials for surgical implants Specification for wrought stainless steel
BS 7252-9:1990 Metallic materials for surgical implants Specification for high-nitrogen stainless steel

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