---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 868.5965"
title: "21"
number: "868.5965"
heading: "Positive end expiratory pressure breathing attachment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/868.5965"
---

# §868.5965. Positive end expiratory pressure breathing attachment.

- (a) **Identification.** A positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) breathing attachment is a device attached to a ventilator that is used to elevate pressure in a patient's lungs above atmospheric pressure at the end of exhalation.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.