[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16409]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0664]


Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation 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: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation 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 August 18 and 19, 2009, 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B and 
C, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Ronald P. Jean, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health (HFZ-410), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 
Rockville, MD, 20850, 240-276-3676, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 3014512521. 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 August 18, 2009, the committee will discuss, make 
recommendations and vote on a premarket approval application (PMA) for 
the CoMplete Acetabular Hip System, sponsored by DePuy Orthopaedics. 
This device system is intended for use as a primary joint replacement 
prosthesis in total hip arthroplasty, and is indicated for skeletally 
mature patients suffering severe pain and disability due to structural 
damage in the hip joint from non-inflammatory degenerative joint 
disease and its composite diagnoses of osteoarthritis or post-traumatic 
arthritis. On August 19, 2009, the committee will discuss, make 
recommendations and vote on a PMA for Durolane, sponsored by Q-Med AB. 
This device is indicated for the treatment of pain caused by 
osteoarthritis of the knee in patients who have failed to respond 
adequately to conservative non-pharmacological therapy and simple 
analgesics, e.g., acetaminophen.
    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, click on the year 2009 and 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 
August 4, 2009. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled at 
approximately 1 p.m., immediately following lunch on both days. 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 July 27, 2009. 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 July 28, 2009.
    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 Ann Marie 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 http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittee/AboutAdvisoryCommittee/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: July 1, 2009.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
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