UNSPSC 42295306: Surgical vessel loops or retraction tapes

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a vessel loop or retraction tape in a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical vessel loops or retraction tapes under 21 CFR 870.45 and under FDA product code DWS. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 300590.

UNSPSC 42295306 Surgical vessel loops or retraction tapes is a Commodity code that names a specific class of surgical consumables, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show no procurement activity actually soliciting vessel loops or retraction tapes. Instead, the tagged opportunities span laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms, surgical power instruments, outpatient furniture, law enforcement equipment, and phlebotomy services — work fundamentally unrelated to the code's nominal scope. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source system or that the code is not currently used by state and local buyers for its stated product category.

No recent state and local contract opportunities relevant to surgical vessel loops or retraction tapes appear in the source material. The four health-care-adjacent solicitations tagged under this code (San Mateo County's laser equipment and surgical power procurements, California's outpatient furniture bids, and Nevada's phlebotomy services contract) do not include consumable surgical supplies. Practitioners should verify whether this Commodity code reflects actual state and local purchasing patterns for vessel loops and retraction tapes, or whether opportunities in this product category are tagged under different UNSPSC codes or remain below the visibility threshold of public procurement databases.