21 CFR § 870.2350 - Electrocardiograph lead switching adaptor.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s870.2350"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 870.2350 - Electrocardiograph lead switching adaptor."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "870.2350"
section_name: "Electrocardiograph lead switching adaptor."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "870"
part_name: "CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 7907, Feb. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "870"
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# 870.2350 Electrocardiograph lead switching adaptor.

(a) *Identification.* An electrocardiograph lead switching adaptor is a passive switching device to which electrocardiograph limb and chest leads may be attached. This device is used to connect various combinations of limb and chest leads to the output terminals in order to create standard lead combinations such as leads I, II, and III.

(b) *Classification.* Class II (performance standards).