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title: "21 CFR §892.1170"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-892.1170"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "892"

part_subject: "RADIOLOGY DEVICES"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "Diagnostic Devices"

section_number: "892.1170"

section_subject: "Bone densitometer."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 892.1170"

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 bone densitometer is a device intended for medical purposes to measure bone density and mineral content by x-ray or gamma ray transmission measurements through the bone and adjacent tissues. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, component parts, and accessories.

(b)Classification. Class II.

§892.1170 - Bone densitometer.