[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: 21CFR890.1575]

[Page 499]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 890--PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Physical Medicine Diagnostic Devices
 
Sec. 890.1575  Force-measuring platform.

    (a) Identification. A force-measuring platform is a device intended 
for medical purposes that converts pressure applied upon a planar 
surface into analog mechanical or electrical signals. This device is 
used to determine ground reaction force, centers of percussion, centers 
of torque, and their variations in both magnitude and direction with 
time.
    (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. 890.9.

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 1125, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 
FR 38816, July 25, 2001]