Product Classification

• Device: scissors, medical, disposable
• Regulation Description: Medical disposable scissors.
• Regulation Medical Specialty: General Hospital
• Review Panel: General Hospital
• Product Code: JOK
• Premarket Review: Office of Gastrorenal, ObGyn, General Hospital, and Urology Devices (OHT3); Drug Delivery and General Hospital Devices, and Human Factors (DHT3C)
• Submission Type: 510(K) Exempt
• Regulation Number: 880.6820
• Device Class: 1
• Total Product Life Cycle (TPLC): TPLC Product Code Report
• GMP Exempt?: No
• Summary Malfunction Reporting: Eligible

Note: FDA has exempted almost all class I devices (with the exception of reserved devices) from the premarket notification requirement, including those devices that were exempted by final regulation published in the Federal Registers of December 7, 1994, and January 16, 1996. It is important to confirm the exempt status and any limitations that apply with 21 CFR Parts 862-892. Limitations of device exemptions are covered under 21 CFR XXX.9, where XXX refers to Parts 862-892.

If a manufacturer's device falls into a generic category of exempted class I devices as defined in 21 CFR Parts 862-892, a premarket notification application and fda clearance is not required before marketing the device in the U.S. however, these manufacturers are required to register their establishment. Please see the Device Registration and Listing website for additional information.

• Implanted Device?: No
• Life-Sustain/Support Device?: No

Recognized Consensus Standard

• 6-269 ASTM F1078-10 (Reapproved 2018)
  Standard Terminology for Surgical Scissors-Inserted and Non-Inserted Blades

Third Party Review

Not Third Party Eligible