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FEDERAL REGISTER · PROPOSED RULEMarch 18, 2026PROPOSED — NOT IN FORCE

Medical Devices; Radiology Devices; Classification of Blood Irradiators

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STATUSPROPOSED — NOT IN FORCE
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE—
COMMENTS CLOSEMay 18, 2026 · closed
APPLIES TO · SPEQ TAGBiologicsDevice
Document type
Proposed Rule
Agency
Health and Human Services Department
Published
March 18, 2026
Comments close
May 18, 2026
Document number
2026-05320
CFR references
21 CFR 892
Docket
FDA-2025-N-5996
RIN
0910-AI93
ABSTRACT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to classify blood irradiator devices (product code MOT), unclassified preamendments devices, as follows: blood irradiator devices intended to prevent transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease into class II (special controls) with premarket notification and blood irradiator devices intended to prevent metastasis into class III (premarket approval) to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of these devices. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is issuing a proposed order proposing to require the filing of a premarket approval application for blood irradiator devices intended to prevent metastasis.

Abstract as published in the Federal Register.