*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 28085.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 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 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. 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 .” 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. 1 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. 2