(a) Identification. A tracheobronchial suction catheter is a device used to aspirate liquids or semisolids from a patient's upper airway.

(b) Classification. Class 1 (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to §868.9.

[47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 2314, Jan. 14, 2000]