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title: "21 CFR §870.3260"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-870.3260"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "870"

part_subject: "CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES"

subpart_code: "D"

subpart_subject: "Cardiovascular Prosthetic Devices"

section_number: "870.3260"

section_subject: "Vena cava clip."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 870.3260"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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(a)Identification. A vena cava clip is an implanted extravascular device designed to occlude partially the vena cava for the purpose of inhibiting the flow of thromboemboli through that vessel.

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

§870.3260 - Vena cava clip.