21 CFR § 876.4770 - Urethrotome.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s876.4770"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 876.4770 - Urethrotome."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "876.4770"
section_name: "Urethrotome."
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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# 876.4770 Urethrotome.

(a) *Identification.* A urethrotome is a device that is inserted into the urethra and used to cut urethral strictures and enlarge the urethra. It is a metal instrument equipped with a dorsal-fin cutting blade which can be elevated from its sheath. Some urethrotomes incorporate an optical channel for visual control.

(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]