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/ PART 888 - ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES
/ Subpart E - Surgical Devices / § 888.4230 Cement ventilation tube.
§ 888.4230 Cement ventilation tube.
(a) Identification. A cement ventilation tube is a tube-like device usually made of plastic intended to be inserted into a surgical cavity to allow the release of air or fluid from the cavity as it is being filled with bone cement (§ 888.3027).
(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 § 888.9.