[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: 21CFR876.4560] [Page 364] 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. 876.4560 Ribdam. (a) Identification. A ribdam is a device that consists of a broad strip of latex with supporting ribs used to drain surgical wounds where copious urine drainage is expected. (b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in Sec. 876.9. [48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 25049, June 12, 1989; 66 FR 38801, July 25, 2001]