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 868—ANESTHESIOLOGY DEVICES > SUBPART B—Diagnostic Devices (§868.1030 to §868.1975) > 868.1910—Esophageal stethoscope.

868.1910—Esophageal stethoscope.

(a) Identification. An esophageal stethoscope is a nonpowered device that is inserted into a patient's esophagus to enable the user to listen to heart and breath sounds.
(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 § 868.9.

Code of Federal Regulations

[47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 2313, Jan. 14, 2000]