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Adult Portable Bed Rails For Medical Purposes

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Product Code
Definition
An adult portable bed rail is a device intended for medical purposes to assist a patient to perform a specific function, including but not limited to assisting impaired individuals (e.g., disabled, injured, or those post-surgery or hospitalized) with transfer in and out of bed, and repositioning, to reduce risk of falling or fracture. This device may mitigate the risk of falling due to the effects of balance disorders or other medical conditions. This does not include guardrails or side rails intended for use on FDA regulated hospital beds and does not include portable bed rails used for pediatrics.
Physical State
An adjacent type bed rail, grab bar, assistive bar, transfer aid, bed cane or rail (henceforth identified as the product or products) intended by the manufacturer to be installed on, against, or adjacent to an adult bed. The product may vary in lengths (for example, full, half, or partial rails, grab bar or handle or transfer post or pole).
Technical Method
Installed against the side of a bed to provide a physical barrier and consisting of a physical bar for which the user may use to grab and balance while transferring into and out of bed.
Target Area
For the body and hands
Regulation Medical Specialty
Physical Medicine
Review Panel
Physical Medicine
Submission Type
510(K) Exempt
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
890.5050
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Ineligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Not Third Party Eligible

CFR § 890.5050 Daily activity assist device

§ 890.5050 Daily activity assist device.

(a) Identification. A daily activity assist device is a modified adaptor or utensil (e.g., a dressing, grooming, recreational activity, transfer, eating, or homemaking aid) that is intended for medical purposes to assist a patient to perform a specific function.

(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 § 890.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, the device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of § 820.180, regarding general requirements concerning records and § 820.198, regarding complaint files.

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 38817, July 25, 2001]

Adult Portable Bed Rails For Medical Purposes

Page Type
Product Code
Definition
An adult portable bed rail is a device intended for medical purposes to assist a patient to perform a specific function, including but not limited to assisting impaired individuals (e.g., disabled, injured, or those post-surgery or hospitalized) with transfer in and out of bed, and repositioning, to reduce risk of falling or fracture. This device may mitigate the risk of falling due to the effects of balance disorders or other medical conditions. This does not include guardrails or side rails intended for use on FDA regulated hospital beds and does not include portable bed rails used for pediatrics.
Physical State
An adjacent type bed rail, grab bar, assistive bar, transfer aid, bed cane or rail (henceforth identified as the product or products) intended by the manufacturer to be installed on, against, or adjacent to an adult bed. The product may vary in lengths (for example, full, half, or partial rails, grab bar or handle or transfer post or pole).
Technical Method
Installed against the side of a bed to provide a physical barrier and consisting of a physical bar for which the user may use to grab and balance while transferring into and out of bed.
Target Area
For the body and hands
Regulation Medical Specialty
Physical Medicine
Review Panel
Physical Medicine
Submission Type
510(K) Exempt
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
890.5050
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Ineligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Not Third Party Eligible

CFR § 890.5050 Daily activity assist device

§ 890.5050 Daily activity assist device.

(a) Identification. A daily activity assist device is a modified adaptor or utensil (e.g., a dressing, grooming, recreational activity, transfer, eating, or homemaking aid) that is intended for medical purposes to assist a patient to perform a specific function.

(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 § 890.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, the device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of § 820.180, regarding general requirements concerning records and § 820.198, regarding complaint files.

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 38817, July 25, 2001]