IV cannulas –availablity of exemption under notification No. 6/2006 dated 1.3.2006

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....37 of notification No. 21/2202-Customs dated 1.3.2002 reads  "Disposable and non-disposable cannula for aorta, vena cavae and similar veins and blood vessels and cannula for intra-corporal spaces". 2.  A doubt has been raised  whether the exemption under notification No. 6/2006-CE dated 1.3.2006, S. No.61, would be available to IV cannulas. In other words the question raised is   whether IV cannulas are covered under the description   "Disposable and non-disposable cannula for aorta, vena cavae and similar veins and blood vessels and cannula for intra-corporal spaces". 3.  The matter has been examined by the  Board. Advice tendered by Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi, is en....

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....eoflan etc) are primarily used in the peripheral veins and arteries for the purpose of blood sampling,blood transfusion,single and multiple drug infusion,arterial pressure monitoring etc. (ii) Aorta and venae cava are not similar to peripheral arteries and veins .  Anatomical Differentials ·        Aorta and vena cava are anatomically classified as great vessels, whereas the peripheral arteries and veins are small vessels. ·        The great vessels are close to the heart and opens into heart. The peripheral vessels(arteries and veins) are indirectly connected to the heart through the  large and medium size vessels. ·    &nb....