[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR878.4495]

[Page 376]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 878--GENERAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart E--Surgical Devices
 
Sec. 878.4495  Stainless steel suture.

    (a) Identification. A stainless steel suture is a needled or 
unneedled nonabsorbable surgical suture composed of 316L stainless 
steel, in USP sizes 12-0 through 10, or a substantially equivalent 
stainless steel suture, intended for use in abdominal wound closure, 
intestinal anastomosis, hernia repair, and sternal closure.
    (b) Classification. Class II (special controls).

[65 FR 19836, Apr. 13, 2000]