(a) Identification.
         A neurosurgical suture needle is a needle used in suturing during neurosurgical procedures or in the repair of nervous tissue.
     
    
        
        (b) Classification.
         Class I (general controls). 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 54 FR 25051, June 12, 198965 FR 2319, Jan. 14, 2000]