---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 870.1230"
title: "21"
number: "870.1230"
heading: "Fiberoptic oximeter catheter."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/870.1230"
---

# §870.1230. Fiberoptic oximeter catheter.

- (a) **Identification.** A fiberoptic oximeter catheter is a device used to estimate the oxygen saturation of the blood. It consists of two fiberoptic bundles that conduct light at a desired wavelength through blood and detect the reflected and scattered light at the distal end of the catheter.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 45 FR 7907, Feb. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted.