---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 882.5870"
title: "21"
number: "882.5870"
heading: "Implanted peripheral nerve stimulator for pain relief."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/882.5870"
---

# §882.5870. Implanted peripheral nerve stimulator for pain relief.

- (a) **Identification.** An implanted peripheral nerve stimulator for pain relief is a device that is used to stimulate electrically a peripheral nerve in a patient to relieve severe intractable pain. The stimulator consists of an implanted receiver with electrodes that are placed around a peripheral nerve and an external transmitter for transmitting the stimulating pulses across the patient's skin to the implanted receiver.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 78 FR 18234, Mar. 26, 2013]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 78 FR 18234, Mar. 26, 2013]