(a) Identification.
         A nonpowered orthopedic traction apparatus is a device that consists of a rigid frame with nonpowered traction accessories, such as cords, pulleys, or weights, and that is intended to apply a therapeutic pulling force to the skeletal system.
     
    
        
        (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  § 888.9. 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, regarding general requirements concerning records, and  § 820.198, regarding complaint files.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [52 FR 33702, Sept. 4, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 38815, July 25, 2001]