---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 870.1340"
title: "21"
number: "870.1340"
heading: "Catheter introducer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/870.1340"
---

# §870.1340. Catheter introducer.

- (a) **Identification.** A catheter introducer is a sheath used to facilitate placing a catheter through the skin into a vein or artery.
- (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.