[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19288]


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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.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will 
be open 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 September 21, 2004, from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, and 
C, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Geretta Wood, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health (HFZ-450), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 
Rockville, MD 20850, 301-443-8320, ext. 143, 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: The committee will discuss and make recommendations 
regarding clinical trial design in the evaluation of cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation enhancing devices/therapies for cardiac arrest patients. 
Background information for the topics, including the agenda and 
questions for the committee, will be available to the public 1 business 
day before the meeting on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/panelmtg.html.
    Procedure: 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 by September 7, 
2004. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled for 
approximately 30 minutes at the beginning of committee deliberations 
and for approximately 30 minutes near the end of the deliberations. 
Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to 
make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before 
September 7, 2004, 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.
    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 301-594-1283, ext. 113, 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: August 17, 2004.
William K. Hubbard,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. 04-19288 Filed 8-23-04; 8:45 am]
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