UNSPSC 42312203: Suture buttons or bridges

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a device attached to sutures that enable attachment to external devices that enforce stability and retard movement around the incision in a medical setting Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42312203 Suture buttons or bridges is a Commodity code that nominally covers orthopedic or surgical fastening devices, but shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity under the code's stated scope. The single recent opportunity posted under this code—Sourcewell RFP #061626, a multi-jurisdiction cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment issued May 12, 2026 with a June 16, 2026 response deadline—is unrelated to suture buttons or surgical bridge devices; the tag appears to be a miscoding of a law enforcement procurement that spans equipment categories well outside orthopedic supplies. The code shows minimal active state and local purchasing volume in the recent-opportunities dataset.

No meaningful issuing-body mix, geographic concentration, or pattern of procurement activity can be drawn from the available source material. State and local governments may source suture buttons and surgical bridges through medical supply vendors, hospital group purchasing organizations, or state healthcare procurement channels, but no representative solicitations under this Commodity code appear in current public notice data. Firms pursuing medical device or surgical supply contracts with state and local healthcare entities should monitor specialty healthcare procurement channels and direct contracts with state health departments, hospital systems, and school districts with health services operations rather than expect volume under this UNSPSC code designation.