[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR874.4175]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 874--EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart E--Surgical Devices
 
Sec. 874.4175  Nasopharyngeal catheter.

    (a) Identification. A nasopharyngeal catheter is a device consisting 
of a bougie or filiform catheter that is intended for use in probing or 
dilating the eustachian tube. This generic type of device includes 
eustachian catheters.
    (b) Classification. Class I. The device is exempt from the premarket 
notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter.

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, as amended at 61 FR 1122, Jan. 16, 1996]