THIS IS A CRITICAL CARE ANALYTE SYSTEM. ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURE AND MONITOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN BLOOD, INCLUDING BLOOD GASES, ELECTROLYTES, AND METABOLYTES. INSTRUMENT IS DESIGNED TO BE USED NEAR THE PATIENT'S BEDSIDE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE WITHIN 60 SECONDS. CONSISTS OF AN INTEGRAL CO-OXIMETER MODULE FOR SINGLE SAMPLE TESTING AND A HANDS FREE SAMPLING DEVICE, FOR AUTOMATICALLY PULLING THE CORRECT SAMPLE VOLUME. ALSO HAS A COLOUR TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACE AND A BUILT-IN ROLL PRINTER FOR PRODUCING HARD COPY OF PATIENT'S RESULTS. BUILT INTO THE INSTRUMENT IS AN ON-BOARD COMPUTER THAT PROVIDES DATA MANAGEMENT AND PATIENT HISTORY. THE COMPUTER ALSO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLS THE QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM.

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 9018 INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN MEDICAL, SURGICAL, DENTAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCES, INCLUDING SCINTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, OTHER ELECTRO MEDICAL APPARATUS AND SIGHT TESTING INSTRUMENTS. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 901819 ELECTRO-DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS (INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR FUNCTIONAL EXPLORATORY EXAMINATION OR FOR CHECKING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS) CN CODE 90181910: MONITORING APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING OF TWO OR MORE PARAMETERS. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- HSEN NOTE (V)