### Question
What does claimant mean?


### Answer
**Claimant** has the following meaning in *21 U.S.C. § 1602*:

> any person who brings a civil action, or on whose behalf a civil action is brought, arising from harm allegedly caused directly or indirectly by an implant, including a person other than the individual into whose body, or in contact with whose blood or tissue, the implant is placed, who claims to have suffered harm as a result of the implant

#### Citation:
  - *21 U.S.C. § 1602*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 21-BIOMATERIALS ACCESS ASSURANCE**

