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Slit Lamp Guidance - Guidance for Industry

FinalCenter for Devices and Radiological Health07/07/1998

Description

An AC-powered slitlamp biomicroscope is intended for use in eye examination of the anterior eye segment, from the cornea epithelium to the posterior capsule. It is used to aid in the diagnosis of diseases or trauma which affect the structural properties of the anterior eye segment.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

3
Slit-lamp microscopes

Subject of the guidance document and ISO 10939

AC-Powered Slitlamp Biomicroscope

The primary device subject to this guidance

Class II

The devices that are the subject of this guidance are Class II non-spinal metallic bone screws and washers

Stakeholders

1
Physician

Allowed value for reporter qualification

Regulatory Context

Attributes

1
flammability of materials

Safety characteristic to be compared with predicate

Identified Hazards

Hazards

3
Phototoxicity

Potential toxicity requiring risk-minimization procedures like reducing light exposure.

Optical radiation hazards

Hazards including UV, IR, and blue-light weighted radiance

Optical radiation hazard

Safety concern addressed in the guidance

Related CFR Sections (6)

See Also (8)