21 CFR § 880.5560 - Temperature regulated water mattress.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s880.5560"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 880.5560 - Temperature regulated water mattress."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "880.5560"
section_name: "Temperature regulated water mattress."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE 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 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.5560 Temperature regulated water mattress.
(a) *Identification.* A temperature regulated water mattress is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of a mattress of suitable size, filled with water which can be heated or in some cases cooled. The device includes electrical heating and water circulating components, and an optional cooling component. The temperature control may be manual or automatic.
(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 § 880.9.
[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 61 FR 1123, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 FR 38804, July 25, 2001]