21 CFR § 876.4020 - Fiberoptic light ureteral catheter.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s876.4020"
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title: "21 CFR § 876.4020 - Fiberoptic light ureteral catheter."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "876.4020"
section_name: "Fiberoptic light ureteral catheter."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "876"
part_name: "GASTROENTEROLOGY-UROLOGY 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: "48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 876.4020 Fiberoptic light ureteral catheter.

(a) *Identification.* A fiberoptic light ureteral catheter is a device that consists of a fiberoptic bundle that emits light throughout its length and is shaped so that it can be inserted into the ureter to enable the path of the ureter to be seen during lower abdominal or pelvic surgery.

(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 § 876.9.

[48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 84 FR 71813, Dec. 30, 2019]