# Adult Portable Bed Rails For Medical Purposes
> **Product code: QTC** · Class I — Low Risk (general controls) · Physical Medicine · 21 CFR 890.5050
## Classification
- **FDA Product Code:** QTC
- **Device class:** Class I — Low Risk (general controls)
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 890.5050
- **Review panel:** PM
- **Medical specialty:** Physical Medicine
- **Submission type:** 4
- **GMP exempt:** N
- **Life sustaining:** N
- **Implant:** N
- **Third-party review:** N
## Definition

An adult portable bed rail is a device intended for medical purposes to assist a patient to perform a specific function, including but not limited to assisting impaired individuals (e.g., disabled, injured, or those post-surgery or hospitalized) with transfer in and out of bed, and repositioning, to reduce risk of falling or fracture. This device may mitigate the risk of falling due to the effects of balance disorders or other medical conditions. This does not include guardrails or side rails intended for use on FDA regulated hospital beds and does not include portable bed rails used for pediatrics.

## Market data
- **Cleared 510(k) submissions:** 0
- **Registered establishments:** 57
## Source
- [FDA Device Classification](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpcd/classification.cfm?ID=QTC)
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