Examples of standard material specifications and test methods relevant to spinal implant devices
| Material specifications | |
| ASTM F67 | Unalloyed Titanium for Surgical Implant Applications |
| ASTM F75 | Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy Castings and Casting Alloy for Surgical Implants |
| ASTM F136 | Wrought Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) Alloy for Surgical Implant Applications |
| ASTM F648 | Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Powder and Fabricated Form for Surgical Implants |
| ASTM F2026 | Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Polymers for Surgical Implant Applications |
| Spinal fusion systems | |
| ASTM F1717 | Standard Test Methods for Spinal Implant Constructs in a Vertebrectomy Model |
| ASTM F1798 | Standard Guide for Evaluating the Static and Fatigue Properties of Interconnection Mechanisms and Subassemblies Used in Spinal Arthrodesis Implants |
| ASTM F2193 | Standard Specifications and Test Methods for Components Used in the Surgical Fixation of the Spinal Skeletal System |
| ASTM F2706 | Standard Test Methods for Occipital-Cervical and Occipital-Cervical-Thoracic Spinal Implant Constructs in a Vertebrectomy Model |
| ISO 12189 | Implants for surgery – Mechanical testing of implantable spinal devices – Fatigue test method for spinal implant assemblies using an anterior support |
| Intervertebral body fusion devices (cages) | |
| ASTM F2077 | Test Methods for Intervertebral Body Devices |
| ASTM F2267 | Standard Test Method for Measuring Load Induced Subsidence of an Intervertebral Body Fusion Device Under Static Axial Compression |
| Total disc replacements | |
| ASTM F2346 | Standard Test Methods for Static and Dynamic Characterization of Spinal Artificial Discs |
| ASTM F2423 | Standard Guide for Functional, Kinematic and Wear Assessment of Total Disc Prostheses |
| ISO 18192-1 | Implants for surgery – Wear of total intervertebral spinal disc prostheses – Part 1: Loading and displacement parameters for wear testing and corresponding environmental conditions for test |
| Other nonfusion devices or systems | |
| ASTM F2624 | Standard Test Method for Static, Dynamic, and Wear Assessment of Extra-Discal Spinal Motion Preserving Implants |
| ASTM F2694 | Standard Practice for Functional and Wear Evaluation of Motion-Preserving Lumbar Total Facet Prostheses |