part_subject: "OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL DEVICES"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Obstetrical and Gynecological Diagnostic Devices"
section_number: "884.1560"
section_subject: "Fetal blood sampler."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 884.1560"
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 fetal blood sampler is a device used to obtain fetal blood transcervically through an endoscope by puncturing the fetal skin with a short blade and drawing blood into a heparinized tube. The fetal blood pH is determined and used in the diagnosis of fetal distress and fetal hypoxia.
(b)Classification. Class II (performance standards).