ISO 22673:2008定义了自由落体救生艇下水装置的某些术语，并规定了设计、建造、验收、检查、性能、操作和维护的要求。 ISO 22673:2008适用于使用倾斜坡道从船舶和海上平台上发射自由落体救生艇的发射装置。

ISO 22673:2008 defines certain terms for launching appliances for free-fall lifeboats and specifies the requirements for design, construction, acceptance, examination, performance, operation and maintenance. ISO 22673:2008 is applicable to the launching appliances which use inclined ramps to launch free-fall lifeboats from ships and from offshore platforms.