{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-878.4810","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 878.4810","heading":"Laser surgical instrument for use in general and plastic surgery and in dermatology.","body":"(a) Identification. (1) A carbon dioxide laser for use in general surgery and in dermatology is a laser device intended to cut, destroy, or remove tissue by light energy emitted by carbon dioxide.\n(2) An argon laser for use in dermatology is a laser device intended to destroy or coagulate tissue by light energy emitted by argon.\n(b) Classification. (1) Class II.\n(2) Class I for special laser gas mixtures used as a lasing medium for this class of lasers. The devices subject to this paragraph (b)(2) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 878.9.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES","PART 878—GENERAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY DEVICES","Subpart E—Surgical 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":"093e07c9d114df317108d1ae7a1f5ea8a46ab711ddeffced75b3b29210a027dd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-878.4805","next":"us/21-cfr-878.4815"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}