About
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Secretariat: SIS (Sweden)
Committee Manager: -
Chairperson (until end 2025):Ms Marita Brundin
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1978
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).
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This committee contributes with 33 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
| Reference | Title | Type |
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| 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 |
| ISO/TC 173/WG 14 | Monitor and warning systems | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 27-31 | October 2025 | New Delhi (India) | ISO/TC 173 | * |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
ISO/TC 173 - Secretariat
