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title: "21 CFR §876.4270"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-876.4270"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "876"

part_subject: "GASTROENTEROLOGY-UROLOGY DEVICES"

subpart_code: "E"

subpart_subject: "Surgical Devices"

section_number: "876.4270"

section_subject: "Colostomy rod."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 876.4270"

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 colostomy rod is a device used during the loop colostomy procedure. A loop of colon is surgically brought out through the abdominal wall and the stiff colostomy rod is placed through the loop temporarily to keep the colon from slipping back through the surgical opening.

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

§876.4270 - Colostomy rod.