[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5503-5504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2629]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat.
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a) (3) and (4) of the
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 97-105. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology,
Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, 281 Ferst Drive, SST/P.
Weber Building, IBB, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363. Instrument: CardioMed
Flowmeter, Model CM4008. Manufacturer: MediStim as, Norway. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the mechanism of
cardiac flow in an in vitro model of the left ventricle. Experiments
consist of studying the parameters that influence the flow patterns in
order to better understand the mechanism of cardiac flow, so that the
diagnosis of cardiovascular disease can be improved. The research
projects are a part of the scientific training of graduate and
undergraduate students seeking advanced degrees (Master's and Ph.D.
levels) in the Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 24, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-106. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison,
750
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University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1490. Instrument: Length
Controller and Force Transducer System, Models 308B and 403A.
Manufacturer: Aurora Scientific, Canada. Intended Use: These
instruments will be used as part of an experimental apparatus to study
muscle cell function. The high speed length controller is used to
introduce very small, rapid length perturbations to the cell and the
force transducer is used to measure the contractile force output of the
cell. These experiments will provide information on the contractile
process in muscle cells and provide information on the effect of
various disease states on muscle cell function. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 29, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-107. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Near-Field
Scanning Optical Microscope. Manufacturer: Witec GmbH, Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for investigations of the
absorption coefficient of polymers, Raman shift of biomaterials,
porosity as a function of electric field of membranes, the corrosion in
liquid environments in aluminum and photo-doping superconductors. In
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the
course Physics 499 Thesis Research and equivalent courses in Chemistry,
Materials Science. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
December 29, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-2629 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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