Browse hierarchy: [Ear, Nose, Throat (EN)](/submissions/EN) → [Subpart F — Therapeutic Devices](/submissions/EN/subpart-f%E2%80%94therapeutic-devices) → [21 CFR 874.5370](/submissions/EN/subpart-f%E2%80%94therapeutic-devices/874.5370) → EWW — Device, Antichoke, Tongs

# EWW · Device, Antichoke, Tongs

_Ear, Nose, Throat · 21 CFR 874.5370 · Class 3_

**Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-f%E2%80%94therapeutic-devices/EWW

## Overview

- **Product Code:** EWW
- **Device Name:** Device, Antichoke, Tongs
- **Regulation:** [21 CFR 874.5370](/submissions/EN/subpart-f%E2%80%94therapeutic-devices/874.5370)
- **Device Class:** 3
- **Review Panel:** [Ear, Nose, Throat](/submissions/EN)

## Identification

A tongs antichoke device is a device that is intended to be used in an emergency situation to grasp and remove foreign objects that obstruct a patient's airway to prevent asphyxiation of the patient. This generic type of device includes a plastic instrument with serrated ends that is inserted into the airway in a blind manner to grasp and extract foreign objects, and a stainless steel forceps with spoon ends that is inserted under tactile guidance to grasp and extract foreign objects from the airway.

## Classification Rationale

Class III.

## Recent Cleared Devices (0 of 0)

_No cleared devices on record._

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**Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-f%E2%80%94therapeutic-devices/EWW](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-f%E2%80%94therapeutic-devices/EWW)

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