Standard test methods for occipital-cervical and occipital-cervical-thoracic spinal implant constructs in a vertebrectomy model

The ASTM F2706 standard covers the methods for the static and fatigue testing of occipital-cervical and occipital-cervical-thoracic spine implant assemblies in a vertebrectomy model.

The following loading directions are described:

• Static and dynamic compression bending
• Static tensile bending
• Static and dynamic torsion