21 CFR § 886.3100 - Ophthalmic tantalum clip.

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title: "21 CFR § 886.3100 - Ophthalmic tantalum clip."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "886.3100"
section_name: "Ophthalmic tantalum clip."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "886"
part_name: "OPHTHALMIC DEVICES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 886.3100 Ophthalmic tantalum clip.

(a) *Identification.* An ophthalmic tantalum clip is a malleable metallic device intended to be implanted permanently or temporarily to bring together the edges of a wound to aid healing or prevent bleeding from small blood vessels in the eye.

(b) *Classification.* Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 886.9.

[52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, as amended at 63 FR 59230, Nov. 3, 1998]