UNSPSC 42296007: Cardiovascular occluders

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a cardiovascular occluder in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Cardiovascular occluders under 21 CFR 870.4550 and under FDA product code DXC. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 902129.

UNSPSC 42296007 Cardiovascular occluders, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes medical devices used to block or close abnormal blood vessels or cardiac defects — a highly specialized interventional cardiology or cardiac surgery supply. However, the two most recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve cardiovascular occluders at all: one solicits occupational medical surveillance services (physician-led baseline and periodic examinations for ferry workers), and the other is a cooperative-purchasing RFP for general law enforcement equipment. Neither procurement requires the interventional devices the code nominally represents. The mismatch suggests either categorical mistagging in the posting systems or the code's application to tangentially related medical or occupational health categories that fall outside its core medical-device scope.

Given the absence of authentic recent solicitations for cardiovascular occluders themselves, the code shows no actionable activity for vendors pursuing state and local opportunities in this device category. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and Sourcewell (a Minnesota-based cooperative serving hundreds of public entities across multiple states and Canada) are the only issuing bodies named in recent postings under this code, but neither is procuring cardiovascular occluders. Organizations targeting state and local contracts for actual cardiovascular occluders — vena cava filters, patent foramen ovale closure devices, or similar products — should monitor medical-device procurement under alternative UNSPSC classifications or contact hospital systems and health departments directly rather than rely on this code's recent activity signals.