21 CFR § 882.5550 - Central nervous system fluid shunt and components.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s882.5550"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 882.5550 - Central nervous system fluid shunt and components."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "882.5550"
section_name: "Central nervous system fluid shunt and components."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "882"
part_name: "NEUROLOGICAL 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: "44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "882"
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# 882.5550 Central nervous system fluid shunt and components.

(a) *Identification.* A central nervous system fluid shunt is a device or combination of devices used to divert fluid from the brain or other part of the central nervous system to an internal delivery site or an external receptacle for the purpose of relieving elevated intracranial pressure or fluid volume (e.g., due to hydrocephalus). Components of a central nervous system shunt include catheters, valved catheters, valves, connectors, and other accessory components intended to facilitate use of the shunt or evaluation of a patient with a shunt.

(b) *Classification.* Class II (performance standards).