NIGP 46557: Lithotripters (for Breaking Kidney and Other Stones)

NIGP 46557 Lithotripters (For Breaking Kidney And Other Stones), an Item code, describes medical equipment used in urology and emergency medicine to fragment kidney stones and other calculi for non-invasive or minimally invasive extraction. State and local governments procure lithotripters primarily through hospital systems, county health departments, and public medical facilities seeking to upgrade or replace diagnostic and therapeutic imaging and stone-fragmentation equipment. The equipment falls under broader medical device and hospital equipment procurement, though it typically appears in specialized health-care capital equipment solicitations rather than general commodity buys.

The source provides no recent state or local contract opportunities specifically soliciting lithotripters. The single recent opportunity in the data—Sourcewell RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment, due June 16, 2026—falls outside the scope of this medical equipment code and reflects a cooperative purchasing vehicle for public safety rather than health-care capital procurement. Without documented recent activity, purchasing under NIGP 46557 cannot be characterized by issuing-body type, geographic concentration, or representative opportunities at this time.