[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5503-5504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2629]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a) (3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 97-105. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, 281 Ferst Drive, SST/P. 
Weber Building, IBB, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363. Instrument: CardioMed 
Flowmeter, Model CM4008. Manufacturer: MediStim as, Norway. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the mechanism of 
cardiac flow in an in vitro model of the left ventricle. Experiments 
consist of studying the parameters that influence the flow patterns in 
order to better understand the mechanism of cardiac flow, so that the 
diagnosis of cardiovascular disease can be improved. The research 
projects are a part of the scientific training of graduate and 
undergraduate students seeking advanced degrees (Master's and Ph.D. 
levels) in the Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 24, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-106. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
750

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University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1490. Instrument: Length 
Controller and Force Transducer System, Models 308B and 403A. 
Manufacturer: Aurora Scientific, Canada. Intended Use: These 
instruments will be used as part of an experimental apparatus to study 
muscle cell function. The high speed length controller is used to 
introduce very small, rapid length perturbations to the cell and the 
force transducer is used to measure the contractile force output of the 
cell. These experiments will provide information on the contractile 
process in muscle cells and provide information on the effect of 
various disease states on muscle cell function. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 29, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-107. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry 
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Near-Field 
Scanning Optical Microscope. Manufacturer: Witec GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for investigations of the 
absorption coefficient of polymers, Raman shift of biomaterials, 
porosity as a function of electric field of membranes, the corrosion in 
liquid environments in aluminum and photo-doping superconductors. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the 
course Physics 499 Thesis Research and equivalent courses in Chemistry, 
Materials Science. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
December 29, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-2629 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P