Medical and Surgical Devices Standards Collection
The ASTM Medical and Surgical Devices Standards Collection includes standardized nomenclature and definitions of terms, test methods, recommended practices, guides, specifications and performance standards for medical and surgical materials and devices.
These standards include materials such as ceramics, metals, and polymers; it also includes standards to address needed fundamental information on biocompatibility, test methodology, and magnetic resonance imaging.
The orthopaedic devices area focuses on methods and practices for osteosynthesis, arthroplasty, and spinal devices. Tissue engineered medical products (TEMPs) standards focus on materials needed in, and practices and methods for, the development and application of TEMPs technologies.
Lastly, a division on computer assisted surgical systems includes a subcommittee on computer-assisted orthopaedic surgical systems (CAOS), which is writing standards for system accuracy.