882.5225—Implanted malleable clip.
(a) Identification.
An implanted malleable clip is a bent wire or staple that is forcibly closed with a special instrument to occlude an intracranial blood vessel or aneurysm (a balloonlike sac formed on a blood vessel), stop bleeding, or hold tissue or a mechanical device in place in a patient.
(b) Classification.
Class II (performance standards).