# General Use Pneumatic Tourniquet
> **Product code: QGX** · Class I — Low Risk (general controls) · General, Plastic Surgery · 21 CFR 878.5910
## Classification
- **FDA Product Code:** QGX
- **Device class:** Class I — Low Risk (general controls)
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 878.5910
- **Review panel:** SU
- **Medical specialty:** General, Plastic Surgery
- **Submission type:** 4
- **GMP exempt:** N
- **Life sustaining:** N
- **Implant:** N
- **Third-party review:** N
## Definition

A pneumatic tourniquet is an air-powered device consisting of a pressure-regulating unit, connecting tubing, and an inflatable cuff. The cuff is intended to be wrapped around a patient's limb and inflated to reduce or totally occlude circulation.

## Market data
- **Cleared 510(k) submissions:** 0
- **Registered establishments:** 12
## Source
- [FDA Device Classification](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpcd/classification.cfm?ID=QGX)
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