title: Medical devices, health care, and consensus standards.
abstract: ASTM Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices has been creating standards for this field since 1962. Dr. Jack Lemons provides a quick overview of the past, present, and future of this committee.
authors.affiliation: Schools of Dentistry and Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lemons
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014481:United States