[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 21, Volume 8] [Revised as of April 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 21CFR864.5850] [Page 220] TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued) PART 864--HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES--Table of Contents Subpart F--Automated and Semi-Automated Hematology Devices Sec. 864.5850 Automated slide spinner. (a) Identification. An automated slide spinner is a device that prepares automatically a blood film on a microscope slide using a small amount of peripheral blood (blood circulating in one of the body's extremities, such as the arm). (b) Classification. Class I. The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter. [45 FR 60603, Sept. 12, 1980, as amended at 54 FR 25045, June 12, 1989]