[Federal Register: January 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 17)] [Notices] [Page 4407-4408] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr27ja10-101]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001]The Neurological 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: Neurological 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 March 12, 2010, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, C,
and D, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
Contact Person: Deborah Falls, Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-
800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code
3014512513. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information
on this meeting. 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 Web site and
call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to learn
about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: On March 12, 2010, the committee will discuss, make
recommendations, and vote on a premarket approval application for the
Deep Brain Stimulation System for Epilepsy sponsored by Medtronic, Inc.
This device is indicated as adjunctive therapy for reducing the
frequency of seizures in individuals diagnosed with epilepsy. For this
device, a patient’s epilepsy should be characterized by partial-onset
seizures (affecting only a part of the brain when they begin), with or
without secondary generalization that are refractory to antiepileptic
medications. “Secondary generalization” is used to describe a
partial-onset seizure that later spreads to the whole brain.
“Refractory” to antiepileptic medications means that the patient’s
epilepsy does not respond to approved medications.
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 Web site prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available at the location of
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on FDA’s Web site after the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link.
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 5, 2010. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled at
approximately 1 p.m., immediately following lunch. Those desiring to
make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person 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 on or before February 25, 2010. 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 February 26, 2010.
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, 301-796-5966, at least 7 days in advance
of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm 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: January 19, 2010.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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