Regulations last checked for updates: May 02, 2025

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Apr 28, 2025
§ 884.4500 - Obstetric fetal destructive instrument.

(a) Identification. An obstetric fetal destructive instrument is a device designed to crush or pull the fetal body to facilitate the delivery of a dead or anomalous (abnormal) fetus. This generic type of device includes the cleidoclast, cranioclast, craniotribe, and destructive hook.

(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).

authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 45 FR 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 884.4500