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title: "21 CFR §870.2390"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-870.2390"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "870"

part_subject: "CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES"

subpart_code: "C"

subpart_subject: "Cardiovascular Monitoring Devices"

section_number: "870.2390"

section_subject: "Phonocardiograph."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 870.2390"

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. A phonocardiograph is a device used to amplify or condition the signal from a heart sound transducer. This device furnishes the excitation energy for the transducer and provides a visual or audible display of the heart 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 the limitations in § 870.9.

§870.2390 - Phonocardiograph.