---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 884.4500"
title: "21"
number: "884.4500"
heading: "Obstetric fetal destructive instrument."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/884.4500"
---

# §884.4500. Obstetric fetal destructive instrument.

- (a) **Identification.** An obstetric fetal destructive instrument is a device designed to crush or pull the fetal body to facilitate the delivery of a dead or anomalous (abnormal) fetus. This generic type of device includes the cleidoclast, cranioclast, craniotribe, and destructive hook.
- (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 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted.