Section 868.5975 - Ventilator tubing(a)Identification. Ventilator tubing is a device intended for use as a conduit for gases between a ventilator and a patient during ventilation of the patient.(b)Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 868.9 .47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 1120, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 FR 38796 , July 25, 2001