---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 868.5895"
title: "21"
number: "868.5895"
heading: "Continuous ventilator."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/868.5895"
---

# §868.5895. Continuous ventilator.

- (a) **Identification.** A continuous ventilator (respirator) is a device intended to mechanically control or assist patient breathing by delivering a predetermined percentage of oxygen in the breathing gas. Adult, pediatric, and neonatal ventilators are included in this generic type of device.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.