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Scope

Standardization in the field of assistive products and related services to assist a person in compensating for reduced abilities.

Excluded:

Assistive products that are dealt with by other technical committees and systems committees such as access to means of transport (ISO/TCs 8, 20, 22), building construction (ISO/TC 59), furniture (ISO/TC 136), implants for surgery (ISO/TC 150), prosthetics and orthotics (ISO/TC 168), optics and photonics (ISO/TC 172), electrical safety (IEC/TC 62), hearing aids (IEC/TC 29), ICT technologies (JTC 1) and design principles dealt with by ergonomics (ISO/TC 159) and active assisted living (IEC SyCAAL).

ISO/TC 173

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100

Published ISO standards *

of which 25 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 173

17

ISO standards under development *

of which 8 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 173

29
Participating members
29
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 173/SC 1 Wheelchairs Subcommittee
ISO/TC 173/SC 2 Classification and terminology Subcommittee
ISO/TC 173/SC 3 Aids for ostomy and incontinence Subcommittee
ISO/TC 173/SC 7 Assistive products for persons with impaired sensory functions Subcommittee
ISO/TC 173/CAG 1 Chairperson's Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 173/WG 1   Assistive products for walking Working group
ISO/TC 173/WG 9   Assistive products for personal hygiene Working group
ISO/TC 173/WG 10 Assistive products for cognitive disabilities Working group
ISO/TC 173/WG 11   Assistive products for tissue integrity Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 173

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 173:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/SC 62D Particular medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
IEC/SyC AAL Active Assisted Living IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 22 Road vehicles ISO
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise ISO
ISO/TC 59/SC 16 Accessibility and usability of the built environment ISO
ISO/TC 136 Furniture ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 4 Ergonomics of human-system interaction ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 5 Ergonomics of the physical environment ISO
ISO/TC 168 Prosthetics and orthotics ISO
ISO/TC 178 Lifts, escalators and moving walks ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 299 Robotics ISO
ISO/TC 314 Ageing societies ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 173

ISO/TC 173 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/SC 62A Common aspects of medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
IEC/SC 62D Particular medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
IEC/SyC AAL Active Assisted Living IEC
ISO/TC 22 Road vehicles ISO
ISO/TC 59 Buildings and civil engineering works ISO
ISO/TC 59/SC 16 Accessibility and usability of the built environment ISO
ISO/TC 136 Furniture ISO
ISO/TC 159 Ergonomics ISO
ISO/TC 168 Prosthetics and orthotics ISO
ISO/TC 194 Biological and clinical evaluation of medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 299 Robotics ISO
ISO/TC 314 Ageing societies ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
ANEC The European consumer voice in standardisation A
EDANA International associations serving the nonwovens and related industries A
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute A
FMAC World Veterans Federation A
ILO International Labour Organization A
ISPO International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics A
RI Rehabilitation International A
WBU World Blind Union A
WHO World Health Organization A
CICR International Committee of the Red Cross B

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
12 November 2024 Virtual () ISO/TC 173/SC 1  
20 November 2024 Virtual () ISO/TC 173/SC 3  
23 January 2025 Virtual () ISO/TC 173/SC 2  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 173 - Secretariat

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