[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: 21CFR888.3020]

[Page 475]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 888--ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Prosthetic Devices
 
Sec. 888.3020  Intramedullary fixation rod.

    (a) Identification. An intramedullary fixation rod is a device 
intended to be implanted that consists of a rod made of alloys such as 
cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel. It is inserted into the 
medullary (bone marrow) canal of long bones for the fixation of 
fractures.
    (b) Classification. Class II.