Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ Subpart C - Monitoring Devices / § 868.2340 Compensated thorpe tube flowmeter.
§ 868.2340 Compensated thorpe tube flowmeter.
(a) Identification. A compensated thorpe tube flowmeter is a device intended for medical purposes that is used to control and measure gas flow rate accurately. The device includes a vertically mounted tube, with the outlet of the flowmeter calibrated to a reference pressure.
(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.