---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 870.1310"
title: "21"
number: "870.1310"
heading: "Vessel dilator for percutaneous catheterization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/870.1310"
---

# §870.1310. Vessel dilator for percutaneous catheterization.

- (a) **Identification.** A vessel dilator for percutaneous catheterization is a device which is placed over the guide wire to enlarge the opening in the vessel, and which is then removed before sliding the catheter over the guide wire.
- (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.