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This proposal addresses a set of devices that includes laparoscopic power morcellators. The rule is being proposed in order to consolidate and update requirements for various medical devices used in obstetrical or gynecological surgeries that may pose a risk of up-staging cancer in the patient. The consolidation (renaming) will create a single set of requirements to address the risks of such devices, and the update will revise general controls and apply special controls to mitigate the risk and provide adequate assurance of safety and effectiveness. All subject devices are already class 2, and the rule would not up-classify devices.