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title: "21 CFR §870.2870"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-870.2870"

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: "870.2870"

section_subject: "Catheter tip pressure transducer."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 870.2870"

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 catheter tip pressure transducer is a device incorporated into the distal end of a catheter. When placed in the bloodstream, its mechanical or electrical properties change in relation to changes in blood pressure. These changes are transmitted to accessory equipment for processing.

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

§870.2870 - Catheter tip pressure transducer.