UNSPSC 42295530: Tympanostomy tubes

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as a tube used in a tympanostomy procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42295530 Tympanostomy tubes is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity; the code designation appears to reflect a medical device category that state and local procurement solicitations are not presently sourcing under this code. The three most recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code involve law enforcement equipment (a Sourcewell cooperative procurement), cardiac rhythm management implantable devices (University Medical Center of El Paso), and spinal implants (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio). None of these solicitations address tympanostomy tubes or otologic implants, indicating a significant mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work being procured. The code does not support a reliable signal of current state and local demand for tympanostomy tubes themselves.

The issuing bodies in the recent opportunities span different sectors: a state-enabled cooperative purchasing entity (Sourcewell, on behalf of multiple Washington counties and participating agencies nationwide), a county hospital district in Texas, and a public university health system also in Texas. Geographic concentration appears limited to Texas for the medical device opportunities and multistate for the cooperative. No representative recent procurements specifically address tympanostomy tubes or related otologic services under this code. Given the absence of relevant recent opportunities, this code warrants classification as inactive or misapplied for business development targeting state and local procurement in the medical device or otologic implant space.