ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 5834-3 Second edition 2019-02 Implants for surgery Ultra-high molecular-weight polyethylene Part 3: Accelerated ageing methods Implants chirurgicaux - Polyéthylene a tres haute masse moleculaire- Partie 3: Méthodes de vieillissement accéléré Reference number IS0 5834-3:2019(E) so @ IS0 2019 IS0 5834-3:2019(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO 2019 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122 749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: copyright@iso.org Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2019 - All rights reserved IS0 5834-3:2019(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv 1 Scope .1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions 4 Classification, designation and coding 5 Material. ..2 6 Apparatus and test specimens ..2 7 Validation of apparatus 8 Conditioning. ..2 9 Significance and use. ..2 10 Accelerated ageing procedure ..3 11 Reporting. .3 11.1 Test sample preparation 11.2 Chronology 3 11.3 Test sample storage conditions .3 11.4 Ageing method 3 Bibliography 4 IS0 2019 - All rights reserved iii