Browse hierarchy: [Ear, Nose, Throat (EN)](/submissions/EN) → [Subpart E — Surgical Devices](/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices) → [21 CFR 874.4140](/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/874.4140) → NLZ — Bur, Ent, Diamond Coated, Single Use, Reprocessed

# NLZ · Bur, Ent, Diamond Coated, Single Use, Reprocessed

_Ear, Nose, Throat · 21 CFR 874.4140 · Class 1_

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## Overview

- **Product Code:** NLZ
- **Device Name:** Bur, Ent, Diamond Coated, Single Use, Reprocessed
- **Regulation:** [21 CFR 874.4140](/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/874.4140)
- **Device Class:** 1
- **Review Panel:** [Ear, Nose, Throat](/submissions/EN)

## Identification

An ear, nose, and throat bur is a device consisting of an interchangeable drill bit that is intended for use in an ear, nose, and throat electric or pneumatic surgical drill (§ 874.4250) for incising or removing bone in the ear, nose, or throat area. The bur consists of a carbide cutting tip on a metal shank or a coating of diamond on a metal shank. The device is used in mastoid surgery, frontal sinus surgery, and surgery of the facial nerves.

## Classification Rationale

Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 874.9.

## Recent Cleared Devices (0 of 0)

_No cleared devices on record._

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**Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/NLZ](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/NLZ)

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