Gas machine for anesthesia or analgesia.

§ 868.5160 Gas machine for anesthesia or analgesia. (a) Gas machine for anesthesia —(1) Identification. A gas machine for anesthesia is a device used to administer to a patient, continuously or intermittently, a general inhalation anesthetic and to maintain a patient's ventilation. The device may include a gas flowmeter, vaporizer, ventilator, breathing circuit with bag, and emergency air supply. (2) Classification. Class II (performance standards). (b) Gas machine for analgesia —(1) Identification. A gas machine for analgesia is a device used to administer to a patient an analgesic agent, such as a nitrous oxide-oxygen mixture (maximum concentration of 70 percent nitrous oxide). (2) Classification. Class II (performance standards).