Product Details | SURGICAL NONABSORBABLE SUTURE

6515-00-226-0252 An item designed for stitching and thus securing tissues. It is designed of a material which cannot be dissolved and absorbed in such tissues.

Part Alternates: GGS00816, X79731, X79-731, 79731, 79-731, 6515-00-226-0252, 00-226-0252, 6515002260252, 002260252

Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies | Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies

Supply Group (FSG) NSN Assign. NIIN
65 01 JAN 1961 00-226-0252

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Demand History | NSN 6515-00-226-0252

Part Number Request Date QTY Origin
6515-00-226-0252 2012-12-13 1 DIBBS

Cross Reference | NSN 6515-00-226-0252

Part Number Cage Code Manufacturer
79-731 1JBK4 GENZYME CORPORATION DBA GENZYME BIOSURGERY
GGS00816 81348 FEDERAL SPECIFICATIONS PROMULGATED BY GENERAL SERVICES
X79-731 16707 DSP WORLDWIDE INC A PFIZER CO

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Technical Data | NSN 6515-00-226-0252

Characteristic Specifications
END TYPE SINGLE ARMED
ARMED SUTURE NEEDLE STYLE B2 3/8 CIRCLE
ARMED SUTURE NEEDLE POINT STYLE C6 SCALPEL POINT
NEEDLE NOMINAL DIAMETER 0.014 INCHES
NEEDLE NOMINAL LENGTH 0.468 INCHES
MATERIAL AND LOCATION PLASTIC, POLYESTER SUTURE STEEL, FED STD 66, AISI 420/SAE 51420 NEEDLE STEEL, FED STD 66, AISI 440A/SAE 51440A NEEDLE
COLOR BLUE OR GREEN
SIZE DESIGNATOR 5-0
DIAMETER 0.127 MILLIMETERS NOMINAL
LENGTH 2.500 FEET NOMINAL
STRAND FIBER ARRANGEMENT BRAIDED
STERILITY STERILE
IMMEDIATE CONTAINER TYPE DOUBLE PACKET, HEAT SEALED
IMMEDIATE CONTAINER QUANTITY 12
QUANTITY WITHIN EACH IMMEDIATE CONTAINER 1
UNIT PACKAGE TYPE PACKAGE
UNIT PACKAGE QUANTITY 12
SPECIAL FEATURES INDIVIDUALLY SEALED; 30 IN. SUTURE LENGTH; FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DESTRUCTION AFTER 60 MONTHS
NONDEFINITIVE SPEC/STD DATA 2 CLASS AND D COMPOSITION
III INTERMEDIATE PACKAGE QUANTITY 12
III EXTERIOR CONTAINER QUANTITY 144
III UNIT OF ISSUE WEIGHT 0.19 POUNDS
III EXTERIOR CONTAINER WEIGHT 38.00 POUNDS
III UNIT OF ISSUE CUBE 0.015 CUBIC FEET
III EXTERIOR CONTAINER CUBIC MEASURE 3.00 CUBIC FEET
MANUFACTURERS CODE 81348
NON-DEFINITIVE GOVERNMENT SPEC/STD REFERENCE GGS00816

Restrictions/Controls & Freight Information | NSN 6515-00-226-0252

Category Code Description
Shelf-Life Code:S60 months
Hazardous Material Indicator CodeNThere is no data in the HMIS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials
Demilitarization Code:ANon-Munitions List Item/ Non-Strategic List Item - Demilitarization not required.
Controlled Inventory Item Code:UUNCLASSIFIED
Precious Metals Indicator Code:AItem does not contain precious metal
Criticality Code:X The item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application.
Category Code Description
NMF Description 056940 SUTURES SURGICAL
Less than car load rating
Less than truck load rating J 100.2
Water commodity Code 534 unknown
Originating Activity Code XX
Air Dimension Code A Shipment is not a consolidation and does not exceed 72 inches in any dimension.
Air Commodity M Medical supplies, equipment, samples records, etc.
Air Special Handling Z No special handling required.
Special Handling Code 9 unknonwn
HAZMAT
Type of Cargo Z No special type of cargo code applicable

Management | NSN 6515-00-226-0252

Category Code Description
Materiel Category and Inventory ManagerC Medical/Dental Materiel
Appropriation and Budget Activity2 Stock Fund Secondary Items
Management Inventory Segment2 NONREPARABLE ITEMS (Exclusive of Insurance and Provisioning Items). This code will be used to identify items which are not reparable.
Specific Group/Generic Code0 Medical Materiel
Weapons Systems/End Item or Homogeneous Group01Type 1 (Non-Extendable) Potency- Dated Item
Accounting Requirements CodeX Expendable item. An item of Army property coded with an ARC of ?X? in the AMDF. Expendable items require no formal accountability after issue from a stock record account. Commercial and fabricated items similar to items coded ?X? in the AMDF are considered expendable items.
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDADepartment of the Army
Service OrganizationAU.S. Army
Acquisition Advice CodesLLOCAL PURCHASE # (NON-STOCKED ITEMS) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/GSA/Service/Agency-managed items authorized for local purchase as normal means of support at base, post, camp or station level. Item not stocked in wholesale distribution system of IMM/Service/Agency ICP.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life CodeS60 months
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
PG : Package
Category Code Description
Stores Account Code1Marine Corps Stock Fund Account Item.
Combat Essentiality Code5Critical Repair Part to a Combat Essential End Item. Those parts or components whose failure in a combat essential end item will render the end item inoperative or reduce its effectiveness below the minimum acceptable level of efficiency.
Materiel Management Code5General Property Materiel15; 16; 18; 31; 35; 39; 40; 44; 49 except 4910, 4925, 4930, 4931, 4933, 4935; 51; 52; 53; 63; 65 except 6545; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81 except 8140; 83; 84; 85; 87; 88; 89; 91; 93; 94; 95; 96; 99 10.3-125
Echelon Management Code4ICP/DSSCs Marine Corps/Defense/Integrated Materiel Manager (IMM) items which have been decontrolled by the inventory managers for local procurement.
Physical Category Code1Bin
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDMU.S. Marine Corps
Service OrganizationMU.S. Marine Corps
ReparabilityZNonreparable item. When unserviceable, condemn and dispose at the level indicated by the first digit of the maintenance code.
Acquisition Advice CodesLLOCAL PURCHASE # (NON-STOCKED ITEMS) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/GSA/Service/Agency-managed items authorized for local purchase as normal means of support at base, post, camp or station level. Item not stocked in wholesale distribution system of IMM/Service/Agency ICP.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life CodeS60 months
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
PG : Package
Category Code Description
Cognizance Codes9BNavy-owned stocks of DLA material
Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDNDepartment of the Navy
Service OrganizationNU.S. Navy
Acquisition Advice CodesLLOCAL PURCHASE # (NON-STOCKED ITEMS) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/GSA/Service/Agency-managed items authorized for local purchase as normal means of support at base, post, camp or station level. Item not stocked in wholesale distribution system of IMM/Service/Agency ICP.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life CodeS60 months
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
PG : Package