STERILE ABSORBABLE POLYDIOXANONE SUTURES ARE IMPLANTED INTO THE SKIN (FACE OR BODY), VIA WAY OF A SINGLE USE PRE-LOADED HYPODERMIC NEEDLE. THE SINGLE USE NEEDLE IS REMOVED FROM THE SKIN AND THE POLYDIOXANONE SUTURE IS LEFT BEHIND. THE POLYDIOXANONE SUTURE IS A BIO-DEGRADABLE SYNTHETIC POLYMER THAT ONCE IMPLANTED INTO THE SKIN ENCOURAGES THE BODY TO PRODUCE NATURAL COLLAGEN (IMPROVING SKIN TEXTURE AND APPEARANCE).

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S: GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3006 - PHARMACEUTICAL GOODS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 4 TO THIS CHAPTER GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 300610 - STERILE SURGICAL CATGUT, SIMILAR STERILE SUTURE MATERIALS (INCLUDING STERILE ABSORBABLE SURGICAL OR DENTAL YARNS) AND STERILE TISSUE ADHESIVES FOR SURGICAL WOUND CLOSURE; STERILE LAMINARIA AND STERILE LAMINARIA TENTS; STERILE ABSORBABLE SURGICAL OR DENTAL HAEMOSTATICS; STERILE SURGICAL OR DENTAL ADHESION BARRIERS, WHETHER OR NOT ABSORBABLE. CN CODE 30061090 - OTHER THAN STERILE SURGICAL CATGUT AND STERILE SURGICAL OR DENTAL ADHESIVE BARRIERS, WHETHER OR NOT ABSORBABLE. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: NOTE 4 (A) TO CHAPTER 30 REFERS HSEN'S TO HEADING 3006 (1) REFERS HSEN'S TO HEADING 9018 NOTE (A) REFERS CNEN'S TO HEADING 30061010 TO 30061090 REFERS