
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2870-2871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00824]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-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.
    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 15 and 16, 2016, 
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn Gaithersburg, Ballroom, Two Montgomery 
Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20879. The hotel telephone number is 
301-948-8900.
    Contact Person: Dimitrus Culbreath, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, rm. 3610, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6872, 
Dimitrus.Culbreath@fda.hhs.gov, 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

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announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly 
enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the 
Agency's Web site at http://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 coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: On March 15, 2016, the committee will discuss, make 
recommendations, and vote on information related to the premarket 
approval application for the Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold 
(BVS) System sponsored by Abbott Vascular. The Absorb GT1 BVS System is 
a temporary scaffold that will fully resorb over time and is indicated 
for improving coronary luminal diameter in patients with ischemic heart 
disease due to de novo native coronary artery lesions (length <= 24 
millimeters (mm)) with a reference vessel diameter of >= 2.5 mm and <= 
3.75 mm.
    On March 16, 2016, the committee will discuss, make 
recommendations, and vote on information related to the premarket 
approval application for the AngelMed Guardian System sponsored by 
Angel Medical Systems, Inc. The AngelMed Guardian System is an 
implantable cardiac monitor intended to alert patients to ST segment 
shifts indicating coronary ischemia. The AngelMed Guardian System is 
intended for use in patients with prior acute coronary syndrome events, 
and at risk for recurrent events, to ST segment changes indicating 
cardiac ischemia.
    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 meeting 
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 1, 2016. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on 
March 15 and 16, 2016, 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 
February 22, 2016. 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 24, 
2016.
    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 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Artair Mallett at artair.mallett@fda.hhs.gov, 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 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: January 11, 2016.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-00824 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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