[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: 21CFR876.4400]

[Page 350]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 876--GASTROENTEROLOGY-UROLOGY DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart E--Surgical Devices
 
Sec. 876.4400  Hemorrhoidal ligator.

    (a) Identification. A hemorrhoidal ligator is a device used to cut 
off the blood flow to hemorrhoidal tissue by means of a ligature or band 
placed around the hemorrhoid.
    (b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).