21 CFR § 882.1700 - Percussor.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s882.1700"
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title: "21 CFR § 882.1700 - Percussor."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "882.1700"
section_name: "Percussor."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "882"
part_name: "NEUROLOGICAL DEVICES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 882.1700 Percussor.

(a) *Identification.* A percussor is a small hammerlike device used by a physician to provide light blows to a body part. A percussor is used as a diagnostic aid during physical examinations.

(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 § 882.9. The device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

[44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 54 FR 25051, June 12, 1989; 59 FR 63011, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38807, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55989, Dec. 4, 2025]