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/ PART 890 - PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES
/ Subpart D - Physical Medicine Prosthetic Devices / § 890.3100 Mechanical chair.
§ 890.3100 Mechanical chair.
(a) Identification. A mechanical chair is a manually operated device intended for medical purposes that is used to assist a disabled person in performing an activity that the person would otherwise find difficult to do or be unable to do. Examples of mechanical chairs include the following: A chair with an elevating seat used to raise a person from a sitting position to a standing position and a chair with casters used by a person to move from one place to another while sitting.
(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.