OPHTHALMIC DEVICE IS A VARIETY OF VISCOELASTIC USED IN CATARACT SURGERY. THE DEVICE IS SOLD IN RETAIL PACKS TO HOSPITALS AND CONTAINS A GLASS SYRINGE CONTAINING SODIUM HYALURONATE WHICH IS A VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE THAT IS USED TO MAINTAIN A STABLE ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH AND PROTECT THE CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FROM BEING DAMAGED DURING THE ENTIRE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE SUBSTANCE IS INJECTED INTO THE EYE THEN REMOVED AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE. WE MANUFACTURE THE SODIUM HYALURONATE USING A FERMENTATION PROCESS.

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 3824 PREPARED BINDERS FOR FOUNDRY MOULDS OR CORES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING THOSE CONSISTING OF MIXTURES OF NATURAL PRODUCTS), NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 382490 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 640399: OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED WITHIN THIS SUBHEADING PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL OR SURGICAL USES CN CODE 39249064 OTHER PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL OR SURGICAL USES ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 30 NOTE 4