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Pediatric Position Holder

Page Type
Product Code
Definition
Device used to physically restrain a pediatric patient for a short surgical or clinical procedure such as circumcision. Not intended for prolonged positioning.
Physical State
Made of non-permeable and non-porous material
Technical Method
The pediatric position holder is a device made of non-permeable and non-porous material and molded with smooth edges for single patient use or multi-patient reuse. Holders that use disposable straps are used to hold an infant or a child in an anatomically correct position during short medical procedures such as circumcision. The holder is used only under constant supervision of a medical professional in a health care facility and is for prescription use only.
Target Area
Pediatrics
Regulation Medical Specialty
General Hospital
Review Panel
General Hospital
Submission Type
510(K) Exempt
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
880.5680
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Eligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Not Third Party Eligible

CFR § 880.5680 Pediatric position holder

§ 880.5680 Pediatric position holder.

(a) Identification. A pediatric position holder is a device used to hold an infant or a child in a desired position for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes, e.g., in a crib under a radiant warmer, or to restrain a child while an intravascular injection is administered.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). Except when the device is an infant positioner for prescription use in highly monitored settings or an infant sleep position holder, it is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9. The device is exempt from the good manufacturing practice regulation in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of § 820.180, with respect to general requirements concerning records, and § 820.198, with respect to complaint files.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001; 84 FR 71815, Dec. 30, 2019]

Pediatric Position Holder

Page Type
Product Code
Definition
Device used to physically restrain a pediatric patient for a short surgical or clinical procedure such as circumcision. Not intended for prolonged positioning.
Physical State
Made of non-permeable and non-porous material
Technical Method
The pediatric position holder is a device made of non-permeable and non-porous material and molded with smooth edges for single patient use or multi-patient reuse. Holders that use disposable straps are used to hold an infant or a child in an anatomically correct position during short medical procedures such as circumcision. The holder is used only under constant supervision of a medical professional in a health care facility and is for prescription use only.
Target Area
Pediatrics
Regulation Medical Specialty
General Hospital
Review Panel
General Hospital
Submission Type
510(K) Exempt
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
880.5680
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Eligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Not Third Party Eligible

CFR § 880.5680 Pediatric position holder

§ 880.5680 Pediatric position holder.

(a) Identification. A pediatric position holder is a device used to hold an infant or a child in a desired position for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes, e.g., in a crib under a radiant warmer, or to restrain a child while an intravascular injection is administered.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). Except when the device is an infant positioner for prescription use in highly monitored settings or an infant sleep position holder, it is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9. The device is exempt from the good manufacturing practice regulation in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of § 820.180, with respect to general requirements concerning records, and § 820.198, with respect to complaint files.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001; 84 FR 71815, Dec. 30, 2019]