21 CFR § 878.4680 - Nonpowered, single patient, portable suction apparatus.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s878.4680"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 878.4680 - Nonpowered, single patient, portable suction apparatus."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "878.4680"
section_name: "Nonpowered, single patient, portable suction apparatus."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "878"
part_name: "GENERAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "878"
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# 878.4680 Nonpowered, single patient, portable suction apparatus.

(a) *Identification.* A nonpowered, single patient, portable suction apparatus is a device that consists of a manually operated plastic, disposable evacuation system intended to provide a vacuum for suction drainage of surgical wounds.

(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 § 878.9.

[53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, as amended at 65 FR 2318, Jan. 14, 2000]