[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8514]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Indiana University, Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-
Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed 
between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 95-117. Applicant: Indiana University, Bloomington, 
IN 47402. Instrument: Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurement Monitor. 
Manufacturer: TNO Biomedical Instrumentation, The Netherlands. Intended 
Use: See notice at 61 FR 4768, February 8, 1996.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
noninvasive monitoring preventing sleep disruption, (2) hydrostatic 
height correction, and (3) discrimination of increased cardiac output 
versus increased peripheral resistance. The National Institutes of 
Health advises in its memorandum dated January 31, 1996 that (1) these 
capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) 
it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument for the applicant's intended 
use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 96-8514 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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