Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 13, 2026

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
§ 870.1270 - Intracavitary phonocatheter system.

(a) Identification. An intracavitary phonocatheter system is a system that includes a catheter with an acoustic transducer and the associated device that processes the signal from the transducer; this device records bioacoustic phenomena from a transducer placed within the heart, blood vessels, or body cavities.

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

authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 45 FR 7907, Feb. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 870.1270