[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR876.4270]

[Page 363]
 
                        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. 876.4270  Colostomy rod.

    (a) Identification. A colostomy rod is a device used during the loop 
colostomy procedure. A loop of colon is surgically brought out through 
the abdominal wall and the stiff colostomy rod is placed through the 
loop temporarily to keep the colon from slipping back through the 
surgical opening.
    (b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).