Industry News

F1026 - Standard Specification for General Workmanship and Performance
Measurements of Hemostatic Forceps has had an epsilon edit, available as
F1026-86(2008)e1

F1078 - Standard Terminology for Surgical Scissors-Inserted and
Non-Inserted Blades has had an epsilon edit, available as
F1078-87(2008)e1

F1079 - Standard Specification for Inserted and Noninserted Surgical
Scissors has had an epsilon edit, available as F1079-87(2008)e1

F1223 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Knee Replacement
Constraint has been revised to F1223-08

F1408 - Standard Practice for Subcutaneous Screening Test for Implant
Materials has been reapproved, available as F1408-97(2008)

F1613 - Standard Specification for Surgical Tissue/Dressing/Pick-Up
Forceps (Thumb Type) has had an epsilon edit, available as
F1613-95(2008)e1

F1638 - Standard Terminology for Surgical Tissue/Dressing/Pick-Up
Forceps (Thumb-Type) has had an epsilon edit, available as
F1638-95(2008)e1

F1744 - Standard Guide for Care and Handling of Stainless Steel Surgical
Instruments has had an epsilon edit, available as F1744-96(2008)e1

F2003 - Standard Practice for Accelerated Aging of Ultra-High Molecular
Weight Polyethylene after Gamma Irradiation in Air has been reapproved,
available as F2003-02(2008)

F2079 - Standard Test Method for Measuring Intrinsic Elastic Recoil of
Balloon-Expandable Stents has been reapproved, available as
F2079-02(2008)

F2132 - Standard Specification for Puncture Resistance of Materials Used
in Containers for Discarded Medical Needles and Other Sharps has had an
epsilon edit, available as F2132-01(2008)e1

F2183 - Standard Test Method for Small Punch Testing of Ultra-High
Molecular Weight Polyethylene Used in Surgical Implants has been
reapproved, available as F2183-02(2008)

F2214 - Standard Test Method for In Situ Determination of Network
Parameters of Crosslinked Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
(UHMWPE) has been reapproved, available as F2214-02(2008)

F2259 - Standard Test Method for Determining the Chemical Composition
and Sequence in Alginate by Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR)
Spectroscopy has been reapproved, available as F2259-03(2008)

F2260 - Standard Test Method for Determining Degree of Deacetylation in
Chitosan Salts by Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR)
Spectroscopy has been reapproved, available as F2260-03(2008)

F921 - Standard Terminology Relating to Hemostatic Forceps has had an
epsilon edit, available as F921-85(2008)e1