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Quell received clearance from [http://www.fda.gov Food and Drug Administration], that is federal agency as part of Department of Health and Human Services.
Quell is kept under regulation number: 882.5890, and it is identified as "A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator for pain relief is a device used to apply an electrical current to electrodes on a patient's skin to treat pain".<ref>Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Volume 8, 21CFR882.5890 http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRsearch.cfm?FR=882.5890</ref> Further, it is classified with a "Class II (performance standards)".<ref>Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Volume 8, 21CFR882.5890 http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRsearch.cfm?FR=882.5890</ref> The latter category features most of medical devices (FDA stated 43%), including for example e. g. wheelchairs of or pregnancy test kits.<ref>Medical device classification list on: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou/Consumers/ucm142523.htm</ref>
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