21 CFR § 874.4350 - Ear, nose, and throat fiberoptic light source and carrier.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s874.4350"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 874.4350 - Ear, nose, and throat fiberoptic light source and carrier."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "874.4350"
section_name: "Ear, nose, and throat fiberoptic light source and carrier."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "874"
part_name: "EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT 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: "51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "874"
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# 874.4350 Ear, nose, and throat fiberoptic light source and carrier.
(a) *Identification.* An ear, nose, and throat fiberoptic light source and carrier is an AC-powered device that generates and transmits light through glass of plastic fibers and that is intended to provide illumination at the tip of an ear, nose, or throat endoscope. Endoscopic devices which utilize fiberoptic light sources and carriers include the bronchoscope, esophagoscope, laryngoscope, mediastinoscope, laryngeal-bronchial telescope, and nasopharyngoscope.
(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 § 874.9.
[51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, as amended at 61 FR 1122, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 FR 38801, July 25, 2001]