---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 886.5838"
title: "21"
number: "886.5838"
heading: "Nasolacrimal compression device."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/886.5838"
---

# §886.5838. Nasolacrimal compression device.

- (a) **Identification.** A nasolacrimal compression device is a prescription device that is fitted to apply mechanical pressure to the nasal aspect of the orbital rim to reduce outflow through the nasolacrimal ducts.
- (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 [§ 886.9](/cfr/21/886.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 37500, June 10, 2016]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 37500, June 10, 2016]