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Federal Regulation
- Overview of FDA's Device Regulations
- What are 510(k) Clearance and Premarket Approval?
- Check the 510(k) Database
- FDA Guidance Document for Galvanic Skin Response Measurement Devices
- FDA Policy on Ozone Devices (posted 1/19/08)
Device Quackery
- Signs of A Quack Device
- Quackery in the Medical Device Field (1963) (posted 4/21/06)
Devices Promoted with False and/or Misleading Claims
- Activator Adjusting Instrument
- Aladdin H TR-1000 and TR-2000
- Alex Chiu's Immortality Device
- Amalgameter
- Aqua Detox / Ionic Cleansing
- Atlas Orthogonal Percussion instrument
- Bio-Electric Field Enhancement (BEFE)
- BioEnergy Light Therapy System
- Bio-Ionic System (Evans Rapsomanikis)
- BioPhotonic Scanner
- Bioray Light and Sound Generator (link to FDA warning letter)
- Biotape
- BioTracker
- Body Vibes
- Brain Wave Synchronizers
- BTA S-2000
- Cancer Detector LEC-03
- Cavitat ultrasonograph (link to another site)
- Chi Machine
- CTD-Mark I for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- CRT 2000 (link to FDA warning letter)
- Dental Metal Activity Meter (DMA-Meter)
- Detox Foot Pads (posted 4/15/08)
- Dynatron (link to another site)
- E-Meter (link to another site)
- E-Z Detox
- Ear Candles
- EAV Devices: Accupath 1000, Biotron, Computron, Dermatron, DiagnoMètre, Eclosion, ELAST, Interro, LISTEN System, MORA, Oberon, Omega AcuBase, OmegaVision, Prophyle, Phazx, Punctos III, Vegatest
- EB-305 Energy Balancer
- Electromagnetic Field Detectors
- Electronic Muscle Stimulators (some uses) (link to FDA consumer information)
- Ellis Micro-Dynameter
- Endocardiograph (link to another site)
- Energetix Magnetic Jewelry
- F-Scan
- Home Water Treatment Units
- Hothouse FIR Health Builder
- Human Computer Network Interface (HCNI)
- Infratonic 4.3
- InnerQuest Brain Wave Synchronizer
- Interactive Query System (IQS)
- Ionic Breeze
- Crystal Clear Electron Water/Air Machine (John Ellis)
- Kirlian Photography
- Laser Facelifts (link to another site)
- Low-Power Lasers for Smoking Cessation
- Life Force Energy Discs
- Light Beam Generator (LBG)
- Magnagraph Data Collection System
- Magnetic Bracelet
- Magnetic Mug
- Migun Thermal Massage Bed
- Millennium Water Cooler
- Molecular Magnetic Energizer
- Negative Ion Generators (link to another site)
- NeuView glasses
- NutriPax
- Oberon (link to another site)
- OncoDiagnosticator
- ONDAMED Therapy System
- Orgone accumulators
- Ozone generators (air cleaners)
- PapIon Magentic Inductor (PAP-IMI)
- Q-Ray bracelets
- Q2 Energy System
- Qe3Quantum Energy Oscillator
- Quantron Resonance System (QRS)
- Quantec
- Quantum Xrroid / SCIO / EPFX
- Radionics devices
- ReBuilder™
- Reflexology Steering Wheel Cover
- Relax-A-Cizor
- Rife Frequency Generator
- Rita Meter
- Sapsheet
- SeaBands acupressure wrist bands (link to another site)
- Scenar 97.4
- Sculptone Vacuum Therapy Machine
- Slim Slippers
- Smarty Whole Body Hyperthermia System
- Spectro-Chrome
- Spinal Analysis Machine
- Spinal heat-detecting devices (handheld): Analagraph, Neurocalometer, Nervo-Scope, Nervoscope, Temp-o-Scope
- Stimulation VII (breast developer)
- The Stimulator
- Syncrometer
- Teslar watches (to be posted
- Theratec
- Toftness Radiation Detector
- Transfer Enhancement Amplifier
- Vegatest
- V.I.B.E. (Vibrational Integration Bio-photonic Energizer)
- Water Testing Scams
- Z-Strong Blood Pressure Depressor
- Zapper
- Zoetron
Legitimate Devices
Links
- Aquascams (Water-related scams and quackery)
- Bakken Library and Museum: Quack devices
- Misleading Advertisements for Home-Use Devices
- Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
- Dr. Bob's Home Page for Medical Quackery
- Quack Medicine: Imagination Goes Wild
- Quackatorium
- Questionable Devices for Cancer
- Radioactive Quack Cures
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