---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 880.6980"
title: "21"
number: "880.6980"
heading: "Vein stabilizer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/880.6980"
---

# §880.6980. Vein stabilizer.

- (a) **Identification.** A vein stabilizer is a device consisting of a flat piece of plastic with two noninvasive prongs. The device is placed on the skin so that the prongs are on either side of a vein and hold it stable while a hypodermic needle is inserted into the vein.
- (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 [§ 880.9](/cfr/21/880.9.md). If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in [part 820](/cfr/21/part820.md) of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under [§ 820.35](/cfr/21/820.35.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 38807, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55989, Dec. 4, 2025]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 38807, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55989, Dec. 4, 2025]