---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 888.3400"
title: "21"
number: "888.3400"
heading: "Hip joint femoral (hemi-hip) metallic resurfacing prosthesis."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/888.3400"
---

# §888.3400. Hip joint femoral (hemi-hip) metallic resurfacing prosthesis.

- (a) **Identification.** A hip joint femoral (hemi-hip) metallic resurfacing prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a portion of the hip joint. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a femoral resurfacing component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 52 FR 33702, Sept. 4, 1987, unless otherwise noted.