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/ Subpart D - Physical Medicine Prosthetic Devices / § 890.3500 External assembled lower limb prosthesis.
§ 890.3500 External assembled lower limb prosthesis.
(a) Identification. An external assembled lower limb prosthesis is a device that is intended for medical purposes and is a preassembled external artificial limb for the lower extremity. Examples of external assembled lower limb prostheses are the following: Knee/shank/ankle/foot assembly and thigh/knee/shank/ankle/foot assembly.
(b) Classification. Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 890.9.