21 CFR 868.5090
§ 868.5090 Emergency airway needle.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 868.5090, § 868.5090 Emergency airway needle, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/89771
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(a) Identification. An emergency airway needle is a device intended to puncture a patient's cricothyroid membrane to provide an emergency airway during upper airway obstruction.
(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.