{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-880.2720","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 880.2720","heading":"Patient scale.","body":"(a) Identification. A patient scale is a device intended for medical purposes that is used to measure the weight of a patient who cannot stand on a scale. This generic device includes devices placed under a bed or chair to weigh both the support and the patient, devices where the patient is lifted by a sling from a bed to be weighed, and devices where the patient is placed on the scale platform to be weighed. The device may be mechanical, battery powered, or AC-powered and may include transducers, electronic signal amplification, conditioning and display equipment.\n(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES","PART 880—GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE DEVICES","Subpart C—General Hospital and Personal Use Monitoring Devices"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"b0289cd46884f0d0ec0edaeea6f305d5d8961e808dfb1aea6416b1d924759ea9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-880.2700","next":"us/21-cfr-880.2740"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}