21 CFR § 884.1630 - Colposcope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s884.1630"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 884.1630 - Colposcope."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "884.1630"
section_name: "Colposcope."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "884"
part_name: "OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL 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 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "884"
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# 884.1630 Colposcope.

(a) *Identification.* A colposcope is a device designed to permit direct viewing of the tissues of the vagina and cervix by a telescopic system located outside the vagina. It is used to diagnose abnormalities and select areas for biopsy. This generic type of device may include a light source, cables, and component parts.

(b) *Classification.* Class II (special controls). The device, when it is a standard colposcope (or colpomicroscope) that uses only a white light source, does not use filters other than a green filter, does not include image analysis software, and is not smartphone-based, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 884.9.

[45 FR 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, as amended at 84 FR 71816, Dec. 30, 2019]