21 C.F.R. § 888.1100 Arthroscope.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(a) Identification. An arthroscope is an electrically powered endoscope intended to make visible the interior of a joint. The arthroscope and accessories also is intended to perform surgery within a joint. (b) Classification. (1) Class II (performance standards). (2) Class I for the following manual arthroscopic instruments: cannulas, currettes, drill guides, forceps, gouges, graspers, knives, obturators, osteotomes, probes, punches, rasps, retractors, rongeurs, suture passers, suture knotpushers, suture punches, switching rods, and trocars. The devices subject to this paragraph (b)(2) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in §888.9. [52 FR 33702, Sept. 4, 1987, as amended at 61 FR 1124, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 FR 38815, July 25, 2001]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 888—ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES
Subpart B—Diagnostic Devices
§ 888.1100 Arthroscope.
