[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12483-12484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04371]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2021-N-0008]


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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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a

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forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Circulatory System 
Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. The general 
function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to 
the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will take place virtually on April 6, 2021, from 9 
a.m. Eastern Time to 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of this COVID-19 
pandemic, all meeting participants will be joining this advisory 
committee meeting via an online teleconferencing platform. Answers to 
commonly asked questions including information regarding special 
accommodations due to a disability may be accessed at: https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/about-advisory-committees/common-questions-and-answers-about-fda-advisory-committee-meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aden Asefa, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5214, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 
[email protected], 301-796-0400, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications 
that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot 
always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, 
you should always check the Agency's website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate 
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee 
information line to learn about possible modifications before the 
meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned, 
and recorded through an online teleconferencing platform. On April 6, 
2021, the committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote on 
information regarding the premarket approval application for the 
TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) Heart, by TransMedics, Inc. The 
proposed Indication for Use for the TransMedics OCS Heart, is as 
follows: The TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) Heart System is a 
portable extracorporeal heart perfusion and monitoring system indicated 
for the resuscitation, preservation, and assessment of donor hearts in 
a near-physiologic, normothermic, and beating state intended for a 
potential transplant recipient.
    OCS Heart is indicated for donor hearts with one or more of the 
following characteristics:

 Expected cross-clamp or ischemic time >=4 hours due to donor 
or recipient characteristics (e.g., donor- recipient geographical 
distance, expected recipient surgical time); or
     Expected total cross-clamp time of >=2 hours PLUS one of 
the following risk factors:
     Donor Age >=55 years; or
     Donors with history of cardiac arrest and downtime >=20 
minutes; or
     Donor history of alcoholism; or
     Donor history of diabetes; or
     Donor Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction <=50 percent but 
>=40 percent; or
     Donor history of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (septal or 
posterior wall thickness of >12 and <=16 mm); or
     Donor angiogram with luminal irregularities but no 
significant coronary artery disease.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available on FDA's website at 
the time of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material 
will be posted on FDA's website after the meeting. Background material 
and the link to the online teleconference meeting room will be 
available at https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/circulatory-system-devices-panel/2021-meeting-materials-circulatory-system-devices-panel. Select the link for the 2021 Meeting Materials. The meeting will 
include slide presentations with audio components to allow the 
presentation of materials in a manner that most closely resembles an 
in-person advisory committee meeting.
    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 on or before 
March 30, 2021. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on 
April 6, 2021, between approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Time and 2 p.m. 
Eastern Time. Those individuals interested in making formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT). The notification should include 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 
on or before March 22, 2021. Time allotted for each presentation may be 
limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater 
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public 
hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers 
for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will 
notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by March 23, 
2021.
    For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at 
[email protected] or 301-796-4540.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Artair Mallet at [email protected] or 301-796-9638 at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our website at https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/about-advisory-committees/public-conduct-during-fda-advisory-committee-meetings for procedures on public conduct during 
advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: February 25, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-04371 Filed 3-2-21; 8:45 am]
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