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Available Testing Procedures

  • Implant debris characterization:

    • ASTM F 1877: Standard Practice for Characterization of Particles.

  • Implant coating characterizaiton: 

    • ASTM F 1854: Standard Test Method for Stereological Evaluation of Porous Coatings on Medical Implants.

  • Fretting corrosion testing:

    • ASTM F 1875: Standard Practice for Fretting Corrosion Testing of Modular Implant Interfaces: Hip Femoral Head-Bone and Cone Taper Interface.

  • Corrosion testing of surgical instruments:

    • ASTM F 1089: Standard Test Method for Corrosion of Surgical Instruments.

  • Surgical implant corrosion testing:

    • ASTM F 746 :  Standard Test Method for Pitting or Cervice Corrosion of Metallic Surgical Implant Materials.

  • Small implant devices corrosion testing:

    • ASTM F 2129: Test Method for Conducting Cyclic Potentiodynamic Polarization Measurements to Determine the Corrosion Susceptibility of Small Implant Devices.

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