FDA Product Code IPF: Stimulator, Muscle, Powered

FDA product code IPF covers powered muscle stimulators used in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

These devices deliver low-level electrical impulses to motor nerves or muscle tissue to elicit muscle contractions, preventing atrophy, re-educating paralyzed muscles, and reducing muscle spasm. They are used in the rehabilitation of neurological and orthopedic conditions.

IPF devices are Class II medical devices, regulated under 21 CFR 890.5850 and reviewed by the FDA Physical Medicine panel.

Leading manufacturers include Rich-Mar Corp., Chattanooga Group, Inc. and Empi.