[Federal Register: February 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 26)] [Notices] [Page 5976] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr08fe07-42] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At least one portion of the meeting will be closed to the public. Name of Committee: Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues. Date and Time: The meeting will be held on March 1, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and March 2, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, and C, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD. Contact Person: James Swink, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ-450), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 240-276-4179, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512625. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. Agenda: On March 1, 2007, the committee will discuss and make recommendations regarding the premarket approval application, sponsored by Medtronic Inc., for the Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic Monitoring System. This implantable device is intended to reduce hospitalization events or equivalent events for worsening heart failure in patients with moderate to advanced heart failure. On March 2, 2007, the committee will discuss and make recommendations regarding clinical trial designs for Patent Foreman Ovale closure devices intended to prevent recurrent stroke. FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 1 business day before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on the year 2007 and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link. Procedure: On March 1, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and March 2, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., the meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before February 23, 2007. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled for approximately 30 minutes at the beginning of committee deliberations on each day and for approximately 30 minutes near the end of the committee deliberations on each day. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before February 15, 2007. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by February 16, 2007. Closed Presentation of Data: On March 2, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit the discussion and review of trade secret and/or confidential information (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)) presented by sponsors. Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact AnnMarie Williams, Conference Management Staff, at 301-827-7291, at least 7 days in advance of the meeting. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: February 1, 2007. Randall W. Lutter, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning. [FR Doc. E7-2122 Filed 2-7-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S