21 CFR § 876.5020 - External penile rigidity devices.

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title: "21 CFR § 876.5020 - External penile rigidity devices."
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title_name: "Food and Drugs"
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section_name: "External penile rigidity devices."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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part_number: "876"
part_name: "GASTROENTEROLOGY-UROLOGY DEVICES"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
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# 876.5020 External penile rigidity devices.

(a) *Identification.* External penile rigidity devices are devices intended to create or maintain sufficient penile rigidity for sexual intercourse. External penile rigidity devices include vacuum pumps, constriction rings, and penile splints which are mechanical, powered, or pneumatic devices.

(b) *Classification.* Class II (special controls). The devices are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 876.9. The special control for these devices is the FDA guidance document entitled “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: External Penile Rigidity Devices.” See § 876.1(e) for the availability of this guidance document.

[69 FR 77623, Dec. 28, 2004]