Section 878.4760 - Removable skin staple(a)Identification. A removable skin staple is a staple-like device intended to connect external tissues temporarily to aid healing. It is not absorbable.(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 § 878.9 .53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, as amended at 65 FR 2318 , Jan. 14, 2000