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/ PART 890 - PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES
/ Subpart F - Physical Medicine Therapeutic Devices / § 890.5765 Pressure-applying device.
§ 890.5765 Pressure-applying device.
(a) Identification. A pressure-applying device is a device intended for medical purposes to apply continuous pressure to the paravertebral tissues for muscular relaxation and neuro-inhibition. It consists of a table with an adjustable overhead weight that, in place of the therapist's hands, presses on the back of a prone patient.
(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 § 890.9.