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title: "21 CFR §884.4500"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-884.4500"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "884"

part_subject: "OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL DEVICES"

subpart_code: "E"

subpart_subject: "Obstetrical and Gynecological Surgical Devices"

section_number: "884.4500"

section_subject: "Obstetric fetal destructive instrument."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 884.4500"

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. An obstetric fetal destructive instrument is a device designed to crush or pull the fetal body to facilitate the delivery of a dead or anomalous (abnormal) fetus. This generic type of device includes the cleidoclast, cranioclast, craniotribe, and destructive hook.

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

§884.4500 - Obstetric fetal destructive instrument.