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 888—ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES > SUBPART E—Surgical Devices (§888.4150 to §888.5980) > 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.

Code of Federal Regulations

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