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title: "21 CFR §892.1570"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-892.1570"

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: "892.1570"

section_subject: "Diagnostic ultrasonic transducer."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 892.1570"

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 diagnostic ultrasonic transducer is a device made of a piezoelectric material that converts electrical signals into acoustic signals and acoustic signals into electrical signals and intended for use in diagnostic ultrasonic medical devices. Accessories of this generic type of device may include transmission media for acoustically coupling the transducer to the body surface, such as acoustic gel, paste, or a flexible fluid container.

(b)Classification. Class II.

§892.1570 - Diagnostic ultrasonic transducer.