(a) Identification.
         A ventricular cannula is a device used to puncture the ventricles of the brain for aspiration or for injection. This device is frequently referred to as a ventricular needle.
     
    
        
        (b) Classification.
         Class I (general controls). When made only of surgical grade stainless steel, the device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of  part 807 of this chapter subject to  § 882.9.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [44 FR 51730-51778, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 65 FR 2319, Jan. 14, 2000]