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title: "21 CFR §882.5960"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-882.5960"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "882"

part_subject: "NEUROLOGICAL DEVICES"

subpart_code: "F"

subpart_subject: "Neurological Therapeutic Devices"

section_number: "882.5960"

section_subject: "Skull tongs for traction."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 882.5960"

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. Skull tongs for traction is an instrument used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation). The device is caliper shaped with tips that penetrate the skin. It is anchored to the skull and has a heavy weight attached to it that maintains, by traction, the patient's position.

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

§882.5960 - Skull tongs for traction.