UNSPSC 42296212: Surgical robotic trocar or sheath or obturator or cannula

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a trocar, sheath, obturator, or cannula during a robotic surgical procedure in a medical setting Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901831.

UNSPSC 42296212 Surgical robotic trocar or sheath or obturator or cannula is a Commodity code that captures specialized minimally invasive surgical instruments used in robotic-assisted procedures. State and local governments, however, rarely procure these medical devices directly through their own procurement channels; the code sees little relevant recent activity in the state and local marketplace. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code—Sourcewell RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment—is unrelated to surgical instruments and does not reflect actual buying patterns under the commodity's nominal scope. This mismatch suggests the code is either misapplied in state and local procurement tagging systems or reserved for uncommon transactions outside routine government procurement.

Without recent opportunities that align with the code's actual scope, no clear pattern of issuing bodies, geographic spread, or representative solicitations can be drawn. Business development professionals should verify whether this commodity is a viable pursuit in state and local markets or whether demand exists primarily through federal healthcare procurement channels, hospital group purchasing organizations, or specialty medical device distributors serving state and local health systems separately from general government procurement.