Designation:F1378−12StandardSpecificationforShoulderProstheses1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1378;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversshoulderprosthesesfortotalorhemiarthroplastyusedtoprovidefunctioningarticulationbyemployingglenoidandhumeralcomponents.1.2Devicesforcustomapplicationsarenotcoveredbythisspecification.Modularprosthesesareincludedinthisspecifi-cation.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2F75SpecificationforCobalt-28Chromium-6MolybdenumAlloyCastingsandCastingAlloyforSurgicalImplants(UNSR30075)F86PracticeforSurfacePreparationandMarkingofMetal-licSurgicalImplantsF90SpecificationforWroughtCobalt-20Chromium-15Tungsten-10NickelAlloyforSurgicalImplantApplica-tions(UNSR30605)F136SpecificationforWroughtTitanium-6Aluminum-4VanadiumELI(ExtraLowInterstitial)AlloyforSurgicalImplantApplications(UNSR56401)F138SpecificationforWrought18Chromium-14Nickel-2.5MolybdenumStainlessSteelBarandWireforSurgicalImplants(UNSS31673)F562SpecificationforWrought35Cobalt-35Nickel-20Chromium-10MolybdenumAlloyforSurgicalImplantApplications(UNSR30035)F563SpecificationforWroughtCobalt-20Nickel-20Chromium-3.5Molybdenum-3.5Tungsten-5IronAlloyforSurgicalImplantApplications(UNSR30563)(With-drawn2005)3F603SpecificationforHigh-PurityDenseAluminumOxideforMedicalApplicationF648SpecificationforUltra-High-Molecular-WeightPoly-ethylenePowderandFabricatedFormforSurgicalIm-plantsF745Specificationfor18Chromium-12.5Nickel-2.5MolybdenumStainlessSteelforCastandSolution-AnnealedSurgicalImplantApplications(Withdrawn2012)3F746TestMethodforPittingorCreviceCorrosionofMetallicSurgicalImplantMaterialsF748PracticeforSelectingGenericBiologicalTe...