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title: "21 CFR §864.5260"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-864.5260"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "864"

part_subject: "HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES"

subpart_code: "F"

subpart_subject: "Automated and Semi-Automated Hematology Devices"

section_number: "864.5260"

section_subject: "Automated cell-locating device."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 864.5260"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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(a)Identification. An automated cell-locating device is a device used to locate blood cells on a peripheral blood smear, allowing the operator to identify and classify each cell according to type. (Peripheral blood is blood circulating in one of the body's extremities, such as the arm.)

(b)Classification. Class II (performance standards).

§864.5260 - Automated cell-locating device.