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 F—Therapeutic Devices (§868.5090 to §868.5995) > 868.5250—Breathing circuit circulator.

868.5250—Breathing circuit circulator.

(a) Identification. A breathing circuit circulator is a turbine device that is attached to a closed breathing circuit and that is intended to circulate anesthetic gases continuously by maintaining the unidirectional valves in an open position and reducing mechanical dead space and resistance in the breathing circuit.
(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).