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Caliper

Page Type
Product Code
Regulation Medical Specialty
Orthopedic
Review Panel
Orthopedic
Submission Type
510(K) Exempt
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
888.4150
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Eligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Not Third Party Eligible

CFR § 888.4150 Calipers for clinical use

§ 888.4150 Calipers for clinical use.

(a) Identification. A caliper for clinical use is a compass-like device intended for use in measuring the thickness or diameter of a part of the body or the distance between two body surfaces, such as for measuring an excised skeletal specimen to determine the proper replacement size of a prosthesis.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 888.9.

[52 FR 33702, Sept. 4, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 38815, July 25, 2001]

Caliper

Page Type
Product Code
Regulation Medical Specialty
Orthopedic
Review Panel
Orthopedic
Submission Type
510(K) Exempt
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
888.4150
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Eligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Not Third Party Eligible

CFR § 888.4150 Calipers for clinical use

§ 888.4150 Calipers for clinical use.

(a) Identification. A caliper for clinical use is a compass-like device intended for use in measuring the thickness or diameter of a part of the body or the distance between two body surfaces, such as for measuring an excised skeletal specimen to determine the proper replacement size of a prosthesis.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 888.9.

[52 FR 33702, Sept. 4, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 38815, July 25, 2001]