21 CFR § 872.4475 - Spring-powered jet injector.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s872.4475"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 872.4475 - Spring-powered jet injector."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "872.4475"
section_name: "Spring-powered jet injector."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "872"
part_name: "DENTAL DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "872"
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# 872.4475 Spring-powered jet injector.

(a) *Identification.* A spring-powered jet injector is a syringe device intended to administer a local anesthetic. The syringe is powered by a spring mechanism which provides the pressure to force the anesthetic out of the syringe.

(b) *Classification.* Class II.