Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
§ 868.5810 - Airway connector.

(a) Identification. An airway connector is a device intended to connect a breathing gas source to a tracheal tube, tracheostomy tube, or mask.

(b) Classification. 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 § 868.9.

[47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 1120, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 FR 38795, July 25, 2001]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 47 FR 31142, July 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 868.5810