§882.5970. Cranial orthosis.
21 C.F.R. § 882.5970
Identification. A cranial orthosis is a device that is intended for medical purposes to apply pressure to prominent regions of an infant's cranium in order to improve cranial symmetry and/or shape in infants from 3 to 18 months of age, with moderate to severe nonsynostotic positional plagiocephaly, including infants with plagiocephalic-, brachycephalic-, and scaphocephalic-shaped heads.
Classification. Class II (special controls) (prescription use in accordance with § 801.109 of this chapter, biocompatibility testing, and labeling (contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse events, instructions for physicians and parents)).
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[63 FR 40651, July 30, 1998]
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.
Amendments
[63 FR 40651, July 30, 1998]