21 CFR § 880.6980 - Vein stabilizer.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s880.6980"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 880.6980 - Vein stabilizer."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "880.6980"
section_name: "Vein stabilizer."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE 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: "45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.6980 Vein stabilizer.

(a) *Identification.* A vein stabilizer is a device consisting of a flat piece of plastic with two noninvasive prongs. The device is placed on the skin so that the prongs are on either side of a vein and hold it stable while a hypodermic needle is inserted into the vein.

(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 the limitations in § 880.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 38807, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55989, Dec. 4, 2025]