---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 882.5960"
title: "21"
number: "882.5960"
heading: "Skull tongs for traction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/882.5960"
---

# §882.5960. Skull tongs for traction.

- (a) **Identification.** Skull tongs for traction is an instrument used to immobilize a patient with a cervical spine injury (e.g., fracture or dislocation). The device is caliper shaped with tips that penetrate the skin. It is anchored to the skull and has a heavy weight attached to it that maintains, by traction, the patient's position.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.