21 CFR § 868.6225 - Nose clip.

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title: "21 CFR § 868.6225 - Nose clip."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "868.6225"
section_name: "Nose clip."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "868"
part_name: "ANESTHESIOLOGY DEVICES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 868.6225 Nose clip.

(a) *Identification.* A nose clip is a device intended to close a patient's external nares (nostrils) during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

(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. The device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

[47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 54 FR 25048, June 12, 1989; 66 FR 38796, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55983, Dec. 4, 2025]