[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37066-37067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17971]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97M-0259]


Kensey Nash Corp.; Premarket Approval of the Angio-
SealTM Hemostatic Puncture Closure Device

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its 
approval of the application by Kensey Nash Corp., Exton, PA, for 
premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the 
act), of the Angio-SealTM Hemostatic Puncture Closure 
Device. After reviewing the recommendation of the Circulatory System 
Devices Panel, FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) 
notified the applicant, by letter of September 30, 1996, of the 
approval of the application.

DATES: Petitions for administrative review by August 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written requests for copies of the summary of safety and 
effectiveness data and petitions for administrative review to the 
Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 
12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1-23, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Sloan, Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ-450), Food and Drug 
Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-443-
8243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 28, 1993, Kensey Nash Corp., 
Exton, PA 19341, submitted to CDRH an application for premarket 
approval of the Angio-SealTM Hemostatic Puncture Closure 
Device. The device is a vascular hemostasis device and is indicated for 
use in closing and in reducing time to hemostasis at the femoral 
arterial puncture site in patients who have undergone diagnostic 
angiography or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) 
procedures using an 8F or smaller procedure sheath.
    On May 8, 1995, the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical 
Devices Advisory Committee, an FDA advisory committee, reviewed and 
recommended approval of the application. On September 30, 1996, CDRH 
approved the application by a letter to the applicant from the Director 
of the Office of Device Evaluation, CDRH.
    A summary of the safety and effectiveness data on which CDRH based 
its approval is on file in the Dockets Management Branch (address 
above) and is available from that office upon written request. Requests 
should be identified with the name of the device and the docket number 
found in brackets in the heading of this document.

Opportunity for Administrative Review

    Section 515(d)(3) of the act (21 U.S.C. 360e(d)(3)) authorizes any 
interested person to petition, under section 515(g) of the act, for 
administrative review of CDRH's decision to approve this application. A 
petitioner may request either a formal hearing under 21 CFR part 12 of 
FDA's administrative practices and procedures regulations or a review 
of the application and CDRH's action by an independent advisory 
committee of experts. A petition is to be in the form of a petition for 
reconsideration under 21 CFR 10.33(b). A petitioner shall identify the 
form of review requested (hearing or independent advisory committee) 
and shall submit with the petition supporting data and information 
showing that there is a genuine and substantial issue of material fact 
for resolution through administrative review. After reviewing the 
petition, FDA will decide whether to grant or deny the petition and 
will publish a notice of its decision in the Federal Register. If FDA 
grants the petition, the notice will state the issue to be reviewed, 
the form of the review to be used, the persons who may participate in 
the review, the time and place where the review will occur, and other 
details.
    Petitioners may, at any time on or before August 11, 1997 file with 
the Dockets Management Branch (address above) two copies of each 
petition and supporting data and information, identified with the name 
of the device and the docket number found in brackets in the heading of 
this document. Received petitions may be

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seen in the office above between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday.
    This notice is issued under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (secs. 515(d), 520(h) (21 U.S.C. 360e(d), 360j(h))) and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (21 CFR 5.10) 
and redelegated to the Director, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health (21 CFR 5.53).

    Dated: June 10, 1997.
Joseph A. Levitt,
Deputy Director for Regulations Policy, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health.
[FR Doc. 97-17971 Filed 7-9-97; 8:45 am]
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