---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 878.4440"
title: "21"
number: "878.4440"
heading: "Eye pad."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/878.4440"
---

# §878.4440. Eye pad.

- (a) **Identification.** An eye pad is a device that consists of a pad made of various materials, such as gauze and cotton, intended for use as a bandage over the eye for protection or absorption of secretions.
- (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 [§ 878.9](/cfr/21/878.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 63010, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38803, July 25, 2001]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 63010, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38803, July 25, 2001]