That only applies to sales to people who **use** the device.
Not to those in the Biomedical Instrumentation industry for purposes **other than** use of the device.
Did you have a prescription for every device in front of you the past 20 years?
I bet not.
That is:
Both of us fall under the section 801.109(a)(1)(i) exemption.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/script...cfm?fr=801.109
Yup - I have read it before.
My first (engineering) job in the BioMedical Electronic Instrumentation field was in 1972.
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