21 CFR § 882.5960 - Skull tongs for traction.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s882.5960"
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title: "21 CFR § 882.5960 - Skull tongs for traction."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "882.5960"
section_name: "Skull tongs for traction."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 882.5960 Skull tongs for traction.

(a) *Identification.* Skull tongs for traction is an instrument used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation). The device is caliper shaped with tips that penetrate the skin. It is anchored to the skull and has a heavy weight attached to it that maintains, by traction, the patient's position.

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