# Medical Devices; Reclassification and Codification of Neodymium:Yttrium:Aluminum:Garnet (Nd:YAG) Laser for Peripheral Iridotomy
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2000-02-11 · Effective 2000-03-13 · 65 FR 6893
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-3173
- **Category:** fda-device
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 6893
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 886
- **Publication date:** 2000-02-11
- **Effective date:** 2000-03-13
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 93P-0277
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it has issued an order in the form of a letter to Intelligent Surgical Lasers, Inc. (ISL), (now doing business as Escalon Medical Corporation), reclassifying the Neodymium:Yttrium:Aluminum:Garnet (Nd:YAG) Laser for use in peripheral iridotomy from class III to class II (special controls). Accordingly, the order is now being codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as described below.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/02/11/00-3173/medical-devices-reclassification-and-codification-of-neodymiumyttriumaluminumgarnet-ndyag-laser-for)
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