21 CFR § 872.6770 - Cartridge syringe.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s872.6770"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 872.6770 - Cartridge syringe."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "872.6770"
section_name: "Cartridge syringe."
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 872.6770 Cartridge syringe.

(a) *Identification.* A cartridge syringe is a device intended to inject anesthetic agents subcutaneously or intramuscularly. The device consists of a metal syringe body into which a disposable, previously filled, glass carpule (a cylindrical cartridge) containing anesthetic is placed. After attaching a needle to the syringe body and activating the carpule by partially inserting the plunger on the syringe, the device is used to administer an injection to the patient.

(b) *Classification.* Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 872.9.

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 84 FR 71813, Dec. 30, 2019]