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Federal Regulation

• Overview of FDA's Device Regulations
• What are 510(k) Clearance and Premarket Approval? (updated 12/26/08)
• Check the 510(k) Database
• Search the Premarket Approval (PMA) Database
• FDA Guidance Document for Galvanic Skin Response Measurement Devices
• FDA Policy on Ozone Devices

Device Quackery

• Signs of A Quack Device
  
• Quackery in the Medical Device Field (1963) (posted 4/21/06)

Questionable Devices

• Activator Adjusting Instrument
• Acugraph
• Aladdin H TR-1000 and TR-2000
• Alex Chiu's Immortality Device
• Amalgameter
• Aqua Detox / Ionic Cleansing
• Atlas orthogonal percussion instrument
• BAX 3000
• Bio-Acoustical Utilization Device (BAUD)
• Bio-Electric Field Enhancement (BEFE)
• BioEnergy Light Therapy System
• Bio-Ionic System (Evans Rapsomanikis)
• Bio-Lyfe Immune Booster
• BioPhotonic Scanner
• BioPhotrex
• Bioray Light and Sound Generator (link to FDA warning letter)
• Biotape
• BioTracker
• Body Vibes
• Brain Wave Synchronizers
• BTA S-2000
• Cancer Detector LEC-03
• CardioVision (posted 3/21/10)
• Cavitat ultrasonograph (link to another site)
• Chi Machine
• CTD-Mark I for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• CRT 2000 (link to FDA warning letter)
• Crystal Clear Electron Water/Air Machine (John Ellis)
• Dental Metal Activity Meter (DMA-Meter)
• Detox Foot Pads (updated 11/12/10)
• Dynatron (link to another site)
• E-Meter (link to another site)
• E-Z Detox
• Ear Candles
• EAV Devices: Accupath 1000, Biomeridian, Biotron, Computron, Dermatron, DiagnoMètre, Eclosion, ELAST, Interro, LISTEN System, MORA, Oberon, Omega AcuBase, OmegaVision, Prophyle, Phazx, Punctos III, Vegatest
• EB-305 Energy Balancer
• Electro Interstitial Scanning (EIS System)
• 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
• High-frequency pulsed stimulation devices (link to another site)
• 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
• Kirlian Photography
• Laser Facelifts
• Low Level Laser Therapy (LLT) Devices (posted 6/17/09)
• 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)
• Neuroinfiniti
• NeuView glasses
• NutriPax
• Oberon (link to another site)
• OncoDiagnosticator
• ONDAMED Therapy System
• Orgone accumulators
• Orion Bioscan
• Ozone generators (air cleaners)
• Pap Ion Magnetic Inductor (PAP-IMI)
• Performance Mouthguards (Under Armour, Makkar Pure Power)
• Phiten neckware (link to another site)
• Photon Genie
• Power Balance Products
• ProAdjuster
• Pyro Energen
• Q-Ray bracelets
• Q2 Energy System
• Qe3Quantum Energy Oscillator
• Quantron Resonance System (QRS)
• Quantec
• Quantum Xrroid (QXCI / SCIO / EPFX)
• QuantumPulse, formerly called Vibrational Integration Bio-photonic Energizer (V.I.B.E.)
• Radionics devices
• ReBuilder™
• Reflexology Steering Wheel Cover
• Relax-A-Cizor
• Rife Frequency Generator
• Rita Meter
• ROM Quick-Gym (4-minute exercise machine) (link to another site)
• 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
• Theratec
• Thermography for Breast Screening
• 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
• ZYTO Balance, ZYTO LSA Pro, ZYTO Compass

Legitimate Devices

• FDA Breast Implant Handbook - 2004
• FTC Advice on Hearing Aids (posted 10/20/10)
• Home Healthcare: Medical Devices Checklist (posted 5/16/11)
• Make Sure Devices You Choose Are Designed for You (posted 5/16/11)

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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