---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 882.4560"
title: "21"
number: "882.4560"
heading: "Stereotaxic instrument."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/882.4560"
---

# §882.4560. Stereotaxic instrument.

- (a) **Identification.** A stereotaxic instrument is a device consisting of a rigid frame with a calibrated guide mechanism for precisely positioning probes or other devices within a patient's brain, spinal cord, or other part of the nervous system.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.