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title: "21 CFR §872.6770"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-872.6770"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "872"

part_subject: "DENTAL DEVICES"

subpart_code: "G"

subpart_subject: "Miscellaneous Devices"

section_number: "872.6770"

section_subject: "Cartridge syringe."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 872.6770"

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 cartridge syringe is a device intended to inject anesthetic agents subcutaneously or intramuscularly. The device consists of a metal syringe body into which a disposable, previously filled, glass carpule (a cylindrical cartridge) containing anesthetic is placed. After attaching a needle to the syringe body and activating the carpule by partially inserting the plunger on the syringe, the device is used to administer an injection to the patient.

(b)Classification. Class II.

§872.6770 - Cartridge syringe.