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title: "21 CFR §874.3880"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-874.3880"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "874"

part_subject: "EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DEVICES"

subpart_code: "D"

subpart_subject: "Prosthetic Devices"

section_number: "874.3880"

section_subject: "Tympanostomy tube."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 874.3880"

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 tympanostomy tube is a device that is intended to be implanted for ventilation or drainage of the middle ear. The device is inserted through the tympanic membrane to permit a free exchange of air between the outer ear and middle ear. A type of tympanostomy tube known as the malleous clip tube attaches to the malleous to provide middle ear ventilation. The device is made of materials such as polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, silicon elastomer, or porous polyethylene.

(b)Classification. Class II.

§874.3880 - Tympanostomy tube.