---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 876.5160"
title: "21"
number: "876.5160"
heading: "Urological clamp."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/876.5160"
---

# §876.5160. Urological clamp.

- (a) **Identification.** A urological clamp for males is a device used to close the urethra of a male to control urinary incontinence or to hold anesthetic or radiography contrast media in the urethra temporarily. It is an external clamp.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). Except when intended for internal use, 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 [§ 876.9](/cfr/21/876.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1963, as amended at 65 FR 2317, Jan. 14, 2000; 84 FR 71814, Dec. 30, 2019]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1963, as amended at 65 FR 2317, Jan. 14, 2000; 84 FR 71814, Dec. 30, 2019]