(a) Identification.
         An esophageal stethoscope is a nonpowered device that is inserted into a patient's esophagus to enable the user to listen to heart and breath sounds.
     
    
        
        (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  § 868.9.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 2313, Jan. 14, 2000]