Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 866 - IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY DEVICES
/ Subpart F - Immunological Test Systems / § 866.5420 -1-glycoproteins immunological test system.
§ 866.5420 (a) Identification. An alpha-1-glycoproteins immunological test system is a device that consists of the reagents used to measure by immunochemical techniques alpha-1-glycoproteins (a group of plasma proteins found in the alpha-1 group when subjected to electrophoresis) in serum and other body fluids. Measurement of specific alpha-1-glycoproteins may aid in the diagnosis of collagen (connective tissue) disorders, tuberculosis, infections, extensive malignancy, and diabetes.
(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 § 866.9.