CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES (parts 800 to 898) > PART 862—CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES > SUBPART B—Clinical Chemistry Test Systems (§862.1020 to §862.1825) > 862.1165—Catecholamines (total) test system.

862.1165—Catecholamines (total) test system.

(a) Identification. A catecholamines (total) test system is a device intended to determine whether a group of similar compounds (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine) are present in urine and plasma. Catecholamine determinations are used in the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal medulla and hypertensive disorders, and for catecholamine-secreting tumors (pheochromo-cytoma, neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroma, and retinoblastoma).
(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 § 862.9.

Code of Federal Regulations

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2305, Jan. 14, 2000]