[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR886.1605]

[Page 457]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 886--OPHTHALMIC DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Diagnostic Devices
 
Sec. 886.1605  Perimeter.

    (a) Identification. A perimeter is an AC-powered or manual device 
intended to determine the extent of the peripheral visual field of a 
patient. The device projects light on various points of a curved 
surface, and the patient indicates whether he or she sees the light.
    (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 Sec. 886.9. The device is 
also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice regulations in 
part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of Sec. 820.180, with 
respect to general requirements concerning records, and Sec. 820.198, 
with respect to complaint files.

[55 FR 48442, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 38811, July 25, 2001]