21 CFR § 864.9195 - Blood mixing devices and blood weighing devices.

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title: "21 CFR § 864.9195 - Blood mixing devices and blood weighing devices."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "864.9195"
section_name: "Blood mixing devices and blood weighing devices."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "864"
part_name: "HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES"
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# 864.9195 Blood mixing devices and blood weighing devices.

(a) *Identification.* A blood mixing device is a device intended for medical purposes that is used to mix blood or blood components by agitation. A blood weighing device is a device intended for medical purposes that is used to weigh blood or blood components as they are collected.

(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). The manual device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 864.9.

[45 FR 60642, Sept. 12, 1980, as amended at 65 FR 2310, Jan. 14, 2000]