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/ Subpart F - General Hospital and Personal Use Therapeutic Devices / § 880.5630 Nipple shield.
§ 880.5630 Nipple shield.
(a) Identification. A nipple shield is a device consisting of a cover used to protect the nipple of a nursing woman. This generic device does not include nursing pads intended solely to protect the clothing of a nursing woman from milk.
(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 § 880.9.