21 CFR § 878.4780 - Powered suction pump.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s878.4780"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 878.4780 - Powered suction pump."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "878.4780"
section_name: "Powered suction pump."
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 878.4780 Powered suction pump.

(a) *Identification.* A powered suction pump is a portable, AC-powered or compressed air-powered device intended to be used to remove infectious materials from wounds or fluids from a patient's airway or respiratory support system. The device may be used during surgery in the operating room or at the patient's bedside. The device may include a microbial filter.

(b) *Classification.* Class II.