Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 07, 2026

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
§ 868.1720 - Oxygen gas analyzer.

(a) Identification. An oxygen gas analyzer is a device intended to measure the concentration of oxygen in respiratory gases by techniques such as mass spectrometry, polarography, thermal conductivity, or gas chromatography. This generic type of device also includes paramagnetic analyzers.

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

authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 868.1720