---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 880.5860"
title: "21"
number: "880.5860"
heading: "Piston syringe."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/880.5860"
---

# §880.5860. Piston syringe.

- (a) **Identification.** A piston syringe is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of a calibrated hollow barrel and a movable plunger. At one end of the barrel there is a male connector (nozzle) for fitting the female connector (hub) of a hypodermic single lumen needle. The device is used to inject fluids into, or withdraw fluids from, the body.
- (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 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted.