[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: 21CFR884.4260]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 884--OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart E--Obstetrical and Gynecological Surgical Devices
 
Sec. 884.4260  Hygroscopic Laminaria cervical dilator.

    (a) Identification. A hygroscopic Laminaria cervical dilator is a 
device designed to dilate (stretch open) the cervical os by cervical 
insertion of a conical and expansible material made from the root of a 
seaweed (Laminaria

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digitata or Laminaria japonica). The device is used to induce abortion.
    (b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).