{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-870.1330","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 870.1330","heading":"Catheter guide wire.","body":"(a) Identification. A catheter guide wire is a coiled wire that is designed to fit inside a percutaneous catheter for the purpose of directing the catheter through a blood vessel.\n(b) Classification. Class II (special controls). The device, when it is a torque device that is manually operated, non-patient contacting, and intended to manipulate non-cerebral vascular guide wires, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 870.9.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES","PART 870—CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES","Subpart B—Cardiovascular Diagnostic Devices"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"b1f4f3c395cc266ee8d10616a46a7c25fe95ebf0511d72a84460b5e5abfc270b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-870.1310","next":"us/21-cfr-870.1340"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}