21 CFR § 862.1180 - Chymotrypsin test system.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s862.1180"
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title: "21 CFR § 862.1180 - Chymotrypsin test system."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "862.1180"
section_name: "Chymotrypsin test system."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "862"
part_name: "CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 862.1180 Chymotrypsin test system.

(a) *Identification.* A chymotrypsin test system is a device intended to measure the activity of the enzyme chymotrypsin in blood and other body fluids and in feces. Chymotrypsin measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.

(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 § 862.9.

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2305, Jan. 14, 2000]