A-A-54303
22 May 1991
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
INTRAUTERINE DEVICE, CONTRACEPTIVE
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description.
This commercial item description covers an intrauterine device suitable of use in intrauterine contraception.
Salient characteristics:
General. The system shall be a sterile, T-shaped, copper and polyethylene intrauterine device with an inserter and plunger.
Material. The T-shaped body shall be fabricated of Alathon 20 polyethylene. Copper wire shall be Grade 1 copper wire. Copper collars shall be Grade 1 copper 99.99% pure. The polyethylene “T” shall contain 22% barium sulfate added to render it radiopaque. Strings shall be fabricated of polyethylene containing up to 1% titanium dioxide for visibility.
Style and design. The system shall be a T-shaped polyethylene body with approximately 176 mg of copper wire wound around the vertical portion of the “T”. Copper collars each weighing 66.5 mg shall be provided on each arm of the horizontal sections of the “T”. The bottom of the T shall be bulb shaped with a monofilament polyethylene thread tied through the bulb. The thread shall allow protrusion through the os for conformation checks that the intrauterine device is insitu. An insertion tube and plunger shall be furnished with each device. The insertion tube shall be equipped with a moveable flange to aid in gauging the depth to which the insertion tube is inserted through the cervical canal and uterine cavity. The inserter shall be 8-1/8 ± 1/16 inches long with an O.D. of 0.0173 ± 0.004 inches and an I.D. of 0.146 ± 0.003 inches. IUD vertical leg and plunger distal end shall easily fit in the inserter. The inserter I.D. containing the IUD vertical leg shall allow the bent ends of both cross legs to also fit in the inserter. The cross arms shall sustain no damage and shall return to the original “T” configuration when bent into the inserter with the vertical position of the “T” and then released.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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