---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 870.2840"
title: "21"
number: "870.2840"
heading: "Apex cardiographic transducer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/870.2840"
---

# §870.2840. Apex cardiographic transducer.

- (a) **Identification.** An apex cardiographic transducer is a device used to detect motion of the heart (acceleration, velocity, or displacement) by changes in the mechanical or electrical properties of the device.
- (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.