
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18829-18830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7407]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0001]


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.

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    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 May 24, 2012, from 8 
a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg, Montgomery Rm., 
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The hotel telephone number is 
301-977-8900.
    Contact Person: Jamie Waterhouse, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1611, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-3063, 
Jamie.Waterhouse@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information 
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), and 
follow the prompts to the desired center or product area. 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 May 24, 2012, the committee will discuss current 
knowledge about the safety and effectiveness of the AMPLATZER ASO 
Device & Gore HELEX ASD Occluder as transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect 
(ASD) occluders used for the closure of secundum atrial septal defects. 
The AMPLATZER Septal Occluder (ASO) Device was the first device 
introduced to the US market in 2001 followed by the Gore HELEX device 
in 2006. With more widespread use of these devices, more information 
has become available regarding adverse events. These events range from 
rare life-threatening events to more common events that are perceived 
to have less severe clinical sequelae. Many of these events were 
evident in the premarket studies; however, rare events such as erosion 
were not seen. The purpose of discussion of these events is: (1) To 
discuss the significance of these events in the overall context of the 
disease and existing treatment options; (2) to discuss whether 
additional measures should be taken to improve protection of the public 
health (e.g., additional study and/or data analyses, labeling changes); 
and (3) to communicate to patients and physicians what is and is not 
known about device treatment options.
    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 http://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 May 
16, 2012. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those individuals interested in making 
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 May 9, 2012. 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 May 11, 2012.
    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 AnnMarie.Williams@fda.hhs.gov, 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 http://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: March 23, 2012.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-7407 Filed 3-27-12; 8:45 am]
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