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/ Subpart C - Monitoring Devices / § 868.2320 Uncompensated thorpe tube flowmeter.
§ 868.2320 Uncompensated thorpe tube flowmeter.
(a) Identification. An uncompensated thorpe tube flowmeter is a device intended for medical purposes that is used to indicate and control gas flow rate accurately. The device includes a vertically mounted tube and is calibrated when the outlet of the flowmeter is open to the atmosphere.
(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 § 868.9.