21 CFR § 886.5900 - Electronic vision aid.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s886.5900"
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title: "21 CFR § 886.5900 - Electronic vision aid."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "886.5900"
section_name: "Electronic vision aid."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "886"
part_name: "OPHTHALMIC 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: "52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 886.5900 Electronic vision aid.

(a) *Identification.* An electronic vision aid is an AC-powered or battery-powered device that consists of an electronic sensor/transducer intended for use by a patient who has impaired vision or blindness to translate visual images of objects into tactile or auditory signals.

(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 § 886.9.

[55 FR 48443, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 63014, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38814, July 25, 2001]