UNSPSC 42291607: Surgical curettes or loops or curette sets

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a curette, loop, or curette set during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical curettes or loops or curette sets under 21 CFR 872.4565 and under FDA product code EKE. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901920.

UNSPSC 42291607 Surgical curettes or loops or curette sets is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it show little alignment with surgical instruments or medical consumables. The four opportunities posted between April and July 2026 span furniture supply for a California outpatient building, orthopedic hardware extraction system services at San Mateo Medical Center, law enforcement equipment through a Sourcewell cooperative, and career technical education instructional resources for Klein Independent School District in Texas. None of these solicitations involve surgical curettes, loops, or curette sets; the code appears to be a taxonomy mismatch rather than a signal of active state and local procurement demand in this commodity category.

The tagging inconsistency suggests that either the opportunities were miscoded or the UNSPSC 42291607 designation does not reflect current state and local purchasing patterns for these surgical instruments. Absent recent, correctly coded solicitations under this Commodity code, there is no evidence of material procurement activity to evaluate for business development purposes at this time. Firms targeting state and local surgical instrument supply should monitor whether corrected opportunities emerge or verify the applicable UNSPSC codes through direct outreach to health systems, state procurement offices, and cooperative purchasing vehicles that serve hospital networks.