**DA 03- 1778**

**May 27, 2003**

**BIOTRONIK, INC. FILES REQUEST FOR WAIVER**

**OF FREQUENCY MONITORING RULES**

**FOR CARDIAC IMPLANT DEVICE**

**ET Docket No. 03-92**

**Comments Date: June 11, 2003**

**Reply Comments Date: June 18, 2003**

On March 27, 2003, Biotronik, Inc. filed a Request for Waiver of the
frequency monitoring requirements in the Medical Implant Communications
Service ("MICS") rules in order to receive certification for its cardiac
implant devices that emit periodic scheduled transmissions. (See 47
C.F.R. § 95.628). Biotronik requests that such waiver also apply to
other like devices that may be developed in the future with a periodic
transmission function.

The specific devices for which Biotronik seeks a waiver are the Philos
DR-t pacemaker and the Belos VR-t and Belos DR-t implantable
cardioverter debrillators. Information on the Philos DR-t, which has an
equipment authorization, can be found at
[www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid](http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid) and typing in the
FCC ID PG6BA0T. (Authorization for the VR-t devices is pending and
technical information is not publicly available.)

Biotronik's Request for Waiver has been assigned ET Docket No. 03-92. It
is available in person at the FCC Reference Center, room CY-A257, 445
12^th^ St., SW, Washington, DC. Copies also may be purchased from the
Commission's duplicating contractor: Qualex International, Portals 2,
445 12 St., SW, room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554; phone: 202-863-2893;
facsimile: 202-863-2898, or via email at <qualexint@aol.com>. The
Request for Waiver is also available via the web at
[www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs](http://www.fcc.fov/cgb/ecfs).

Interested parties may submit comments, in ET Docket No. 03-92. Written
comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS) as an electronic file via the Internet at
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>. In completing the transmittal
screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service
mailing address, and ET Docket No. 03-92. Parties may also submit an
electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To obtain filing instructions for
e-mail comments, commenters should send an e-mail to <ecfs@fcc.gov>, and
should include the following words in the body of the message: "get form
\<your e-mail address\>." A sample form and directions will be sent in
reply. Additional information on ECFS is available at
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>.

Filings may also be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail). The Commission's contractor, Vistronix, Inc., will
receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the
Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110,
Washington, D.C. 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands
or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the
building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive,
Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express
Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20554. All filings must be addressed to the
Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.

For further information please contact the Office of Engineering and
Technology, Bruce Romano, (202) 418-2470, email
[Bruce.Romano@fcc.gov](../Bruce.Romano@fcc.gov).