---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 890.5850"
title: "21"
number: "890.5850"
heading: "Powered muscle stimulator."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/890.5850"
---

# §890.5850. Powered muscle stimulator.

- (a) **Identification.** A powered muscle stimulator is an electrically powered device intended for medical purposes that repeatedly contracts muscles by passing electrical currents through electrodes contacting the affected body area.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted.