BS EN ISO 10993-9:2021 PDF

Scope: 1 Scope This document provides general principles for the systematic evaluation of the potential and observed degradation of medical devices through the design and performance of in vitro degradation studies. Information obtained from these studies can be used in the biological evaluation described in the ISO 10993 series. This document is applicable to both materials designed to degrade in the body as well as materials that are not intended to degrade. This document is not applicable to: a) the evaluation of degradation which occurs by purely mechanical processes; methodologies for the production of this type of degradation product are described in specific product standards, where available; NOTE Purely mechanical degradation causes mostly particulate matter. Although this is excluded from the scope of this document, such degradation products can evoke a biological response and can undergo biological evaluation as described in other parts of ISO 10993. b) leachable components which are not degradation products;

BS EN ISO 10993-9:2021 history

2022 BS EN ISO 10993-9:2021 Biological evaluation of medical devices. Framework for identification and quantification of potential degradation products
2010 BS EN ISO 10993-9:2009 Biological evaluation of medical devices - Framework for identification and quantification of potential degradation products
1999 BS EN ISO 10993-9:1999 Biological evaluation of medical devices - Framework for identification and quantification of potential degradation products