BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 7207-1:2007 Implants for surgery - Components for partial and total knee joint prostheses Part l: Classification, definitions and designation of dimensions ICS 11.040.40 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS ISO 7207-1:2007 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 7207-1:2007.It supersedes BS7251-2:1995 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CH/150/4, Bone and joint replacements. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication was published under the authority ofthe Standards Policy and Strategy Date Comments Committee on 31 December 2008 BSI 2008 ISBN9780 58054089 9 BS ISO 7207-1:2007 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7207-1 Third edition 2007-02-01 Implants for surgery Components for partial and total knee joint prostheses - Part 1: Classification, definitions and designation of dimensions Implants chirurgicaux-Elementsdeprotheses partielle ettotale de I'articulationdugenou- Partie 1: Classification, definitions et désignation des dimensions Reference number ISO 7207-1:2007(E) @ISO2007 BS ISO 7207-1:2007 ISO7207-1:2007(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 that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ? ISO 2007 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means. IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland = @ ISO 2007 - Allrights reserved BSISO7207-1:2007 ISO 7207-1:2007(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 ThemaintaskoftechnicalcommitteesistoprepareInternationalStandards.DraftInternationalStandards International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Boneandjointreplacements. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (Iso 7207-1:1994) which has been technically revised. Iso 7207 consists of the following parts, under the general title Implants for surgeryComponents for partial andtotalkneejointprostheses Part1:Classification,definitionsanddesignationofdimensions Part2:Articulatingsurfacesmadeofmetal, ceramicandplasticsmaterials ISO 2007 - All rights reserved ii BS ISO 7207-1:2007 ISO 7207-1:2007(E) Introduction specific implant depend on the amount of anatomical structure or function which is attenuated or absent, and a system of classification of the attributes of various types of implant i