21 CFR § 878.4820 - Surgical instrument motors and accessories/attachments.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s878.4820"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 878.4820 - Surgical instrument motors and accessories/attachments."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "878.4820"
section_name: "Surgical instrument motors and accessories/attachments."
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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# 878.4820 Surgical instrument motors and accessories/attachments.
(a) *Identification.* Surgical instrument motors and accessories are AC-powered, battery-powered, or air-powered devices intended for use during surgical procedures to provide power to operate various accessories or attachments to cut hard tissue or bone and soft tissue. Accessories or attachments may include a bur, chisel (osteotome), dermabrasion brush, dermatome, drill bit, hammerhead, pin driver, and saw blade.
(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.
[55 FR 48440, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 65 FR 2318, 2000]