21 C.F.R. § 882.4535 Nonpowered neurosurgical instrument.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(a) Identification. A nonpowered neurosurgical instrument is a hand instrument or an accessory to a hand instrument used during neurosurgical procedures to cut, hold, or manipulate tissue. It includes specialized chisels, osteotomes, curettes, dissectors, elevators, forceps, gouges, hooks, surgical knives, rasps, scissors, separators, spatulas, spoons, blades, blade holders, blade breakers, probes, etc. (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 §882.9. [44 FR 51730–51778, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 59 FR 63012, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38808, July 25, 2001]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 882—NEUROLOGICAL DEVICES
Subpart E—Neurological Surgical Devices
§ 882.4535 Nonpowered neurosurgical instrument.

