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Medical Devices; Reclassification and Codification of Neodymium:Yttrium:Aluminum:Garnet (Nd:YAG) Laser for Peripheral Iridotomy
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it has issued an order in the form of a letter to Intelligent Surgical Lasers, Inc. (ISL), (now doing business as Escalon Medical Corporation), reclassifying the Neodymium:Yttrium:Aluminum:Garnet (Nd:YAG) Laser for use in peripheral iridotomy from class III to class II (special controls)....
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Ophthalmic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Amendment of Final Monograph
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the monograph for over-the-counter (OTC) ophthalmic drug products (the regulation that establishes conditions under which these drug products are generally recognized as safe and effective and not misbranded). The amendment adds a new warning and revises an existing warning for ophthalmic...
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Contact Lens Rule; Ophthalmic Practice Rules
In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'' or ``FTC'') issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on its proposed rule to implement the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (``the Act''), which provides for the availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients and the verification of contact lens...
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Ophthalmic Practice Rules
The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') has completed its regulatory review of the Ophthalmic Practice Rules (``Rules''), which require, among other things, that eye care practitioners provide patients with a copy of their eyeglass prescription upon completion of an eye examination. Pursuant to this review, the Commission has...
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Contact Lens Rule
In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'') issues a Final Rule implementing the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (the ``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 7601 et seq., which provides for the availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients and the verification of contact lens prescriptions by prescribers. This document also...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Scleral Plug
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is proposing to classify the scleral plug into class II (special controls), and proposing to exempt the scleral plugs composed of surgical grade stainless steel (with or without coating in gold, silver, or titanium) from premarket notification (510(k)) and to continue to require premarket...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Eyelid Weight
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to classify the eyelid weight into class II (special controls). The eyelid weight may be adhered to the outer skin of the upper eyelid (external eyelid weight) or implanted into the upper eyelid (implantable eyelid weight), and is intended for the gravity assisted treatment of lagophthalmos...
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Medical Devices; Technical Amendment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending certain medical device regulations to correct minor errors in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This action is editorial in nature and is intended to provide accuracy and clarity to the Agency's regulations.
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Scleral Plug
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is classifying the scleral plug into class II (special controls), and exempting the scleral plugs composed of surgical grade stainless steel (with or without coating in gold, silver, or titanium) from premarket notification (510(k)) and continuing to require premarket notification (510(k)) for all...
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Administrative Detention; Corrections
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a document in the Federal Register on Friday, March 9, 1979 (44 FR 13239). The document established administrative detention procedures for devices intended for human use believed to be adulterated or misbranded. The document was published with a citation in the first column on page 13240 that...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Eyelid Weight
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is classifying the eyelid weight into class II (special controls). The Agency is exempting the external eyelid weight from premarket notification, but continuing to require premarket notification for implantable eyelid weights in order to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Diurnal Pattern Recorder System
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the diurnal pattern recorder system into class II (special controls). The special controls that will apply to the device are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the diurnal pattern recorder system's classification. The Agency is classifying the device into...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of Nasolacrimal Compression Device
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the nasolacrimal compression device into class I (general controls). The Agency is classifying the device into class I (general controls) in order to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of the device.
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of Strabismus Detection Device
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the strabismus detection device into class II (special controls). The special controls that will apply to the device are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the strabismus detection device's classification. The Agency is classifying the device into class II...
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Contact Lens Rule
As part of its regulatory review of the Contact Lens Rule (``Rule''), and consistent with the requirements of the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (the ``Act''), the Federal Trade Commission proposes to amend the Rule to require that prescribers obtain a signed acknowledgment after releasing a contact lens prescription to a patient, and...
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Presiding Officer for an Appeal and Informal Hearing; Technical Amendments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is making revisions to Chapter I of its regulations. These revisions are necessary to reflect changes to the Agency's organizational structure, including the dissolution of the Regional Food and Drug Director position. The revisions replace references to the Regional Food and Drug...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Tear Electrostimulation Device
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the tear electrostimulation device into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the tear electrostimulation device's classification. We are taking this action because we...
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Internal Agency Review of Decisions; Requests for Supervisory Review of Certain Decisions Made by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to implement regulations regarding internal agency supervisory review of certain decisions related to devices regulated by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) to conform to the applicable provisions in the Food and Drug...
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Ophthalmic Devices; Reclassification of Ultrasound Cyclodestructive Device
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this proposed order to reclassify the ultrasound cyclodestructive device, a postamendments class III device (regulated under product code LZR), into class II (special controls), subject to premarket notification. FDA is also identifying the proposed special controls that the Agency believes are...
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Medical Devices; Ophthalmic Devices; Classification of the Intranasal Electrostimulation Device for Dry Eye Symptoms
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the intranasal electrostimulation device for dry eye symptoms into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the intranasal electrostimulation device for dry eye symptoms'...