BS EN ISO 9999:2011 - Page 3

Assistive products for persons with disability. Classification and terminology. | Status: Revised, Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope This International Standard establishes a classification of assistive products, especially produced or generally available, for persons with disability. Assistive products used by a person with disability, but which require the assistance of another person for their operation, are included in the classification. The following items are specifically excluded from this International Standard:

• — items used for the installation of assistive products;
• — solutions obtained by combinations of assistive products that are individually classified in this International Standard;
• — medicines;
• — assistive products and instruments used exclusively by healthcare professionals;
• — non-technical solutions, such as personal assistance, guide dogs or lip-reading;
• — implanted devices;
• — financial support.