[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24213]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--the Ohio Aerospace Institute Computer Assisted 
Minimally Invasive Surgery Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 4, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Ohio Aerospace 
Institute Computer Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery Project 
(``CAMIS'') has filed written notification simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of plaintiffs to actual damages 
under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the 
identities of the parties are Ohio Aerospace Institute, Brook Park, OH; 
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Picker International, 
Highland Heights, OH; Wright State University, Dayton, OH; and 
Washington University, St. Louis, MO. The project's general area of 
planned activity is a non-profit joint venture dedicated to research 
and developing ``vision technologies'' that can aid doctors in various 
surgical procedures. CAMIS will provide for the enhancement of existing 
CAMIS prototype systems with aerospace avionics technologies, and its 
clinical trials will concentrate on the early treatment of several 
forms of cancer (brain tumors, prostate and breast) to demonstrate the 
significant improvements to patient care and cost that this technology 
provides.
    Membership in this project remains open, and CAMIS intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership. 
Information regarding participation in CAMIS may be obtained from 
Eileen Pickett, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24213 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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