{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-890.5765","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 890.5765","heading":"Pressure-applying device.","body":"(a) Identification. A pressure-applying device is a device intended for medical purposes to apply continuous pressure to the paravertebral tissues for muscular relaxation and neuro-inhibition. It consists of a table with an adjustable overhead weight that, in place of the therapist's hands, presses on the back of a prone patient.\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 § 890.9.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES","PART 890—PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES","Subpart F—Physical Medicine Therapeutic 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":"008497953a148f6dec06a93f16bc1ff1c4e7dcc839dea1995bbfc22def364634","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-890.5760","next":"us/21-cfr-890.5800"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}