Stethoscope, Esophageal, With Electrical Conductors

How Is BZT Classified?

Stethoscope, Esophageal, With Electrical Conductors is FDA product code BZT, Class 2, 21 CFR 868.1920.

What Does It Take to Sell It in the United States?

A 510(k) premarket notification is required before it is sold in the United States: the applicant shows the device is substantially equivalent to one already on the market. The review can be done by an FDA-accredited third party, which is usually faster. No clearance under this code names a Chinese applicant.

A registration is not a clearance: the plants above are set up to make it, and the 510(k) it is sold under is held by whoever files it, often the brand.

What Do the Recalls Say?

The FDA has recorded 4 recalls under this product code since 2011. None was by a company in China. The root cause the FDA records most often is Nonconforming Material/Component (1).

A recall is a fact about one product and its maker, not a grade for every manufacturer of the type.