BS 6788-1:1986
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Neurosurgical implants Specification for sterile, single-use hydrocephalus shunts and components
Hardcopy , PDF
15-02-1998
English
31-12-1986
Foreword
Committees responsible
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
Section two. General requirements for complete shunts
and for components
3. Surface finish
4. Extractable materials
5. Type test for freedom from biological hazard
6. Packaging
7. Labelling
Section three. Additional requirements for complete
shunts
8. Type and size designation
9. Connectors
10. Pressure and flow characteristics
11. Freedom from reflux
12. Labelling
13. Accompanying documentation
Section four. Additional requirements for valves and
catheters with integral valves supplied as separate
components
14. Type and size designation
15. Pressure and flow characteristics
16. Freedom from reflux
17. Labelling
18. Accompanying documentation
Section five. Additional requirements for other
components supplied separately
19. Type and size designation
20. Labelling
Appendices
A. Guidance on materials
B. Suggested method of test for durability
C. Method of determination of acidity and alkalinity
D. Method for determination of pressure and flow
characteristics
E. Method of test for reflux
Figures
1. Example of apparatus for evaluation of pressure and
flow characteristics and durability of shunts and
components
2. Configurations for testing valves for freedom from
reflux
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