Information for ruling 600013179
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 03 Jun 2025
- Expiry date
- 02 Jun 2028
- Commodity code
- 9018904000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Bloom43 is a wearable medical device used to pre-condition the skin of patients’ breasts using gentle heat prior to their breast surgery in order to reduce the risk of wound healing complications. The device is designed to be worn next to the skin in the hours leading up to surgery allowing the patient to supraphysiologically precondition their skin and reduce the risk of wound complications such as infection and skin necrosis. By gently warming the skin, Bloom43 causes the release of Heat Shock Proteins. HSP-32 triggers the natural release of carbon monoxide into the surrounding tissue, making blood vessels open up and increasing blood flow to the area which in turn helps the healing. This can be performed at home by the patient the night before their breast surgery. The Bloom43 is made from electronic boards and low heating power technology (109.4°F), body safe plastics and silicones ( PC/ABS LUPOY GN5001RFG / Elastostil R401) , USB cables and plugs. The product is packaged in a specially designed hard case to protect it during transport.
- Keywords
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- SKIN
- USB CABLES USB CONNECTORS
- WITH HEATING DEVICE
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- BLOOD
- FOR SURGICAL USE
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- BLOOD VESSELS
- PLUGS
- OF SILICONE
- ELECTRONIC
- FOR PARTS OF THE BODY
- OF PLASTIC
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect – a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). 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 scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments GIR 5 (b) - has been used to identify the type of packaging. The product is packaged in a specially designed hard case to protect it during transport GIR 6 has been used to classify this product to subheading level 901890 - Other instruments and appliances 8 Digit Code 90189040 - Diathermic apparatus Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to Heading 9018