---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 878.4780"
title: "21"
number: "878.4780"
heading: "Powered suction pump."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/878.4780"
---

# §878.4780. Powered suction pump.

- (a) **Identification.** A powered suction pump is a portable, AC-powered or compressed air-powered device intended to be used to remove infectious materials from wounds or fluids from a patient's airway or respiratory support system. The device may be used during surgery in the operating room or at the patient's bedside. The device may include a microbial filter.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, unless otherwise noted.