Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ Subpart F - Therapeutic Devices / § 876.5450 Rectal dilator.
§ 876.5450 Rectal dilator.
(a) Identification. A rectal dilator is a device designed to dilate the anal sphincter and canal when the size of the anal opening may interfere with its function or the passage of an examining instrument.
(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 § 876.9.