HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE RESIN (HIPS). THIS IS IN THE FORM OF POLYSTYRENE PELLETS THAT ARE NON EXPANSIBLE. THIS IS THE RAW MATERIAL USED TO MOULD SEAL CREW AND CORE COMPONENTS WITHIN THE BLOW MOULDED PLASMA BOWL. THE BOWLS AND CRITICAL ASSEMBLY WHICH ACT AS A CENTRIFUGE CHAMBER TO SEPARATE WHOLE BLOOD COMPONENTS, PLASMA AND OTHER BLOOD COMPONENTS THAT CAN BE EXTRACTED INDIVIDUALLY FROM THE CHAMBER. THE SEAL CROWN COMPONENTS, MOULDED AT EXTERNAL VENDOR FORMS PART OF THE BOWL UPPER ASSEMBLY AND ACTS AS A CAP TO THE CENTRIFUGE CHAMBER. THE CORE COMPONENT IS MOULDED INTERNALLY AND IS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE BOWL. THE COMPONENT IS BASICALLY THE DIVIDING WALL BETWEEN THE WHOLE BLOOD ENTERING THE CENTRE OF THE CHAMBER AND THE SEPARATION AREA FROM WHERE INDIVIDUAL BLOOD COMPONENTS ARE EXTRACTED.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO GIRS 1 AND 6, WITH NOTE 5(B) APPLICABLE TO THE PACKAGING.