VASCULAR ACCESS IMPLANT DEVICE. THE PRODUCT IS AN ARTERIAL GRAFT COMPONENT WHICH COMPRISES OF AN EPTFE GRAFT, WHICH IS PLACED SUBCUTANEOUSLY BY AN ARTERIAL ANASTOMOSIS AND TUNNELLED TO THE DELTOPECTORAL GROOVE AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTFLOW COMPONENT. THE IMPLANT IS USED FOR END STAGE RENAL DISEASE PATIENTS ON HAEMODIALYSIS, WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OTHER ACCESS OPTIONS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9021 - ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES, INCLUDING CRUTCHES, SURGICAL BELTS AND TRUSSES; SPLINTS AND OTHER FRACTURE APPLIANCES; ARTIFICIAL PARTS OF THE BODY; HEARING AIDS AND OTHER APPLIANCES WHICH ARE WORN OR CARRIED, OR IMPLANTED IN THE BODY, TO COMPENSATE FOR A DEFECT OR DISABILITY GIR6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL - 902139 - OTHER ARTIFICIAL PARTS OF THE BODY; OTHER THAN ARTIFICIAL JOINTS. CN CODE 90213990 - OTHER THAN OCULAR PROTHESIS. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- HSEN NOTE (V) TO HEADING 9021