(a) Identification.
         A manual algesimeter is a mechanical device intended to determine a patient's sensitivity to pain after administration of an anesthetic agent, e.g., by pricking with a sharp point.
     
    
        
        (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. The device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality system regulation in  part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of  § 820.180, with respect to general requirements concerning records, and  § 820.198, with respect to complaint files.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [54 FR 25048, June 12, 1989, as amended at 66 FR 38793, July 25, 2001]