De Novo Anesthesia Device Placed In Class II
Executive Summary
The US FDA announced on April 15 that it would regulate devices like TIMPEL Inc.’s ENLIGHT 1810 as class II products. The devices, which are generically known as ventilatory electrical impedance tomographs, are used to assess local impedance variation within a cross-section of a patient’s thorax.
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