21 CFR § 876.4300 - Endoscopic electrosurgical unit and accessories.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s876.4300"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 876.4300 - Endoscopic electrosurgical unit and accessories."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "876.4300"
section_name: "Endoscopic electrosurgical unit and accessories."
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"
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: "48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "876"
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# 876.4300 Endoscopic electrosurgical unit and accessories.
(a) *Identification.* An endoscopic electrosurgical unit and accessories is a device used to perform electrosurgical procedures through an endoscope. This generic type of device includes the electrosurgical generator, patient plate, electric biopsy forceps, electrode, flexible snare, electrosurgical alarm system, electrosurgical power supply unit, electrical clamp, self-opening rigid snare, flexible suction coagulator electrode, patient return wristlet, contact jelly, adaptor to the cord for transurethral surgical instruments, the electric cord for transurethral surgical instruments, and the transurethral desiccator.
(b) *Classification.* Class II (performance standards).