ISO 8549-2:2023

This document defines terms used to describe external limb prostheses. The terms related to the amputation level used to in this document are described in ISO 8549-4. The types of component used in the construction of prostheses are classified and described in ISO 13405-1, ISO 13405-2 and ISO 13405-3. For the purposes of this document, the abbreviated term ‘prosthetics’ and its derivatives only apply to external limb prosthetics.