---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 870.1240"
title: "21"
number: "870.1240"
heading: "Flow-directed catheter."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/870.1240"
---

# §870.1240. Flow-directed catheter.

- (a) **Identification.** A flow-directed catheter is a device that incorporates a gas-filled balloon to help direct the catheter to the desired position.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 45 FR 7907, Feb. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted.