National Stock Number
6515-01-207-8218
National Stock Number (NSN) 6515-01-207-8218, or NIIN 012078218, (staple unit,surgical) was assigned May 5, 1985 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). NIIN 012078218 was cancelled on October 2, 2019, with a cancelled status of "Item is Cancelled WITHOUT Replacement." There is no known replacement specified for this stock number. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 6515011511836.
There are 4 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. One of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 2 suppliers. Today, there are no suppliers listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, there are no suppliers that are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Apr 19, 2008. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPM2DS08M7698. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 516.81.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Dec 01, 2020, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. This part is a commercial/non-developmental/off-the-shelf-item. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 46333. [AN ITEM DESIGNED FOR USE IN REUSABLE SURGICAL STAPLER. IT IS AVAILABLE IN THREE VARIETIES: INTRALUMINAL, THORACIC-ABDOMINAL, AND GASTROINTESTINAL. THE FIRST TWO VARIETIES CONSIST OF A STAPLE CARTRIDGE, AN ANVIL, AND A DRIVE MECHANISM. THE THIRD VARIETY CONSISTS OF A STAPLE CARTRIDGE AND A DRIVE MECHANISM. THE DRIVE MECHANISM IN ALL THREE VARIETIES IS DESIGNED TO DRIVE AND CLINCH SURGICAL STAPLES INTO TISSUES WHEN ACTUATED BY THE SURGICAL STAPLER. ALL THREE VARIETIES ARE PRELOADED WITH SURGICAL STAPLES. USE OF THIS ITEM IS LIMITED TO THORACIC-ABDOMINAL, INTRALUMINAL, OR GASTROINTESTINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 6515012078218 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.