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DIN Standards Committee Optics and Precision Mechanics

About NAFuO

The DIN Standards Committee for Precision Mechanics and Optics (NAFuO) is responsible for standardization in

  • precision mechanics - including in healthcare technology,
  • microsystems technology,
  • optics and photonics
  • as well as jewellery and horology.  

The NAFuO also covers the biological evaluation and clinical investigation of medical devices, and tissue engineering. In the field of personal protective equipment, it is responsible for the standardization of personal eye protection, respiratory protective devices and diving equipment.

Most of the documents developed by the NAFuO are "harmonized" European Standards which give detail to the essential safety requirements laid down in European Directives. These harmonized standards are essential for placing products to the European market.

The Committee also aims at making as many standards as possible available at international level to reflect the global nature of these markets and to promote the global harmonization of approval procedures, particularly in the medical devices sector.

The NAFuO monitors all current developments in its areas of activity and is very open to new technologies and trends.

Feel free to contact us any time if you see the need to standardize a particular subject.

How is NAFuO composed?

Contact

DIN e. V.
Elisabeth Beck

Alexander-Wellendorff-Str. 2
75172 Pforzheim

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New projects
Document number Begin Title
ISO/CD 80601-2-56 2024-03-21 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-56: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of clinical thermometers for body temperature measurement More  Comment 
ISO 16900-6 CD AMD 1 2024-02-26 Respiratory protective devices - Methods of test and test equipment - Part 6: Mechanical resistance/strength of components and connections - Amendment 1 More  Comment 
ISO/AWI 19045-3 2024-02-20 Ophthalmic optics - Contact lens care products - Part 3: Part 3: Method for evaluating disinfecting efficacy by contact lens care products using cysts of Acanthamoeba species as the challenge organisms More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN EN ISO 10993-4/A1 2024-04 Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 4: Selection of tests for interactions with blood - Amendment 1 (ISO 10993-4:2017/DAM 1:2024); German and English version EN ISO 10993-4:2017/prA1:2024 More  Read draft and comment
DIN EN ISO 22248 2024-03 Lasers and laser-related equipment - Test methods for laser-induced damage threshold - Classification of medical beam delivery systems (ISO 22248:2020); German and English version prEN ISO 22248:2024 More  Read draft and comment
DIN EN ISO 5840-2/A1 2024-03 Cardiovascular implants - Cardiac valve prostheses - Part 2: Surgically implanted heart valve substitutes - Amendment 1 (ISO 5840-2:2021/DAM 1:2024); German and English version EN ISO 5840-2:2021/prA1:2024 More  Read draft and comment

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title
ISO 17514 2024-03 Standard Time-measuring instruments - Photoluminescent deposits - Test methods and requirements More  Order from Beuth Verlag
IEC 80601-2-58 2024-03 Standard Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-58: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of lens removal devices and vitrectomy devices for ophthalmic surgery More  Order from Beuth Verlag
ISO 5832-11 2024-03 Standard Implants for surgery - Metallic materials - Part 11: Wrought titanium 6-aluminium 7-niobium alloy More  Order from Beuth Verlag

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Documents withdrawn without replacement
Document number Deadline for comments Title
DIN 58141-7 2024-03-31 Measurement of fiber optic elements - Part 7: Determination of tensile load of fiber optic cables; Text in German and English More  Comment 

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Your way to NAFuO

The Offices of DIN Pforzheim are located at the borders of the City center.

ADDRESS:
DIN-Normenausschuss
Feinmechanik und Optik
Außenstelle Pforzheim
Alexander-Wellendorff-Str. 2
75172 Pforzheim
Tel.: 07231 9188-0
eMail: nafuo@din.de 


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Main station (Hauptbahnhof), approx. 15 minutes walking distance to Alexander-Wellendorff-Straße. Leave the station platform and take Exit West towards city (Schmuckwelten). In the pedestrian underpass please keep left and follow the Bahnhofstraße continuing into the Leopoldstraße up to the bridge. After the bridge turn right and continue along the Jörg-Ratgeb-Straße, cross the street on to the Turnplatz. The DIN office is located to the right of the Wellendorff company. Taxi approx. 7 minutes, ca. 8 €.

Alternatively take the bus line 2 to Sonnenhof or line 8 to Rodrücken, approx. 10 minutes. Get off the bus at ”Turnplatz“ and cross the parking.

Coming from the autobahn A8 please take junction Pforzheim Nord (exit No 44). Continue along B294 (follow Heinrich-Wieland-Allee, Hohenzollernstraße, Christophallee) heading for the city centre. After passing the main railway station, turn off the B294 onto the Luisenstraße towards Brötzingen (i. e. at the petrol station ”Jet“ keep left). At the next set of lights turn left and follow the Berliner Straße up to the bridge. After the bridge turn right onto the Turnplatz. It is possible (except on Wednesdays) to park directly on the Turnplatz (parking fee).

The DIN office is located to the right of the Wellendorff company. Please note, if you use a navigation system, Turnplatz should be entered as destination, not Alexander-Wellendorff-Straße 2.

Free parking is available on the Messplatz. Please follow the corresponding inner city road signs.

From there, it is a 10 minute walk along the Enz (downstream direction) to the DIN Office.

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