---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 868.5340"
title: "21"
number: "868.5340"
heading: "Nasal oxygen cannula."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/868.5340"
---

# §868.5340. Nasal oxygen cannula.

- (a) **Identification.** A nasal oxygen cannula is a two-pronged device used to administer oxygen to a patient through both nostrils.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to the limitations in [§ 868.9](/cfr/21/868.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 59 FR 63007, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38794, July 25, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 59 FR 63007, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38794, July 25, 2001]