---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 870.5050"
title: "21"
number: "870.5050"
heading: "Patient care suction apparatus."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/870.5050"
---

# §870.5050. Patient care suction apparatus.

- (a) **Identification.** A patient care suction apparatus is a device used with an intrathoracic catheter to withdraw fluid from the chest during the recovery period following surgery.
- (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.