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[FR Doc No: 94-17812]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94M-0229]
Grieshaber & Co., Inc.; Premarket Approval of Grieshaber Scleral
Buckling Balloon Catheter
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its
approval of the application by Grieshaber & Co., Inc., Kennesaw, GA,
for premarket approval, under section 515 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (the act), of Grieshaber Scleral Buckling Balloon
Catheter. FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
notified the applicant, by letter of June 2, 1994, of the approval of
the application.
DATES: Petitions for administrative review by August 22, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Written requests for copies of the summary of safety and
effectiveness data and petitions for administrative review to the
Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm.
1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr., Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Y. Lewis, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (HFZ-460), Food and Drug Administration, 1390
Piccard Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 1992, Grieshaber & Co., Inc.,
Kennesaw, GA, 30144, submitted to CDRH an application for premarket
approval of the Grieshaber Scleral Buckling Balloon Catheter. The
device is a scleral buckling balloon catheter and is indicated for use
as a temporary implant to buckle the sclera to facilitate retinal
reattachments where multiple or single breaks in the anterior two-
thirds of the globe do not subtend a retinal arc of more than one clock
hour (6 millimeters). The application includes authorization from
Storz, St. Louis, MO 63122-6694, to incorporate information
contained in its approved premarket approval application (PMA) for the
Lincoff Balloon (P820009).
In accordance with the provisions of section 515(c)(2) of the act
as amended by the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, this PMA was not
referred to the Ophthalmic Devices Panel, an FDA advisory panel, for
review and recommendation because the information in the PMA
substantially duplicates information previously reviewed by this panel.
On June 2, 1994, CDRH approved the application by a letter to the
applicant from the Acting Director of the Office of Device Evaluation,
CDRH. A summary of the safety and effectiveness data on which CDRH
based its approval is on file in the Dockets Management Branch (address
above) and is available from that office upon written request. Requests
should be identified with the name of the device and the docket number
found in brackets in the heading of this document.
Opportunity for Administrative Review
Section 515(d)(3) of the act (21 U.S.C. 360e(d)(3)) authorizes any
interested person to petition, under section 515(g) of the act (21
U.S.C. 360e(g)), for administrative review of CDRH's decision to
approve this application. A petitioner may request either a formal
hearing under part 12 (21 CFR part 12) of FDA's administrative
practices and procedures regulations or a review of the application and
CDRH's action by an independent advisory committee of experts. A
petition is to be in the form of a petition for reconsideration under
Sec. 10.33(b) (21 CFR 10.33(b)). A petitioner shall identify the form
of review requested (hearing or independent advisory committee) and
shall submit with the petition supporting data and information showing
that there is a genuine and substantial issue of material fact for
resolution through administrative review. After reviewing the petition,
FDA will decide whether to grant or deny the petition and will publish
a notice of its decision in the Federal Register. If FDA grants the
petition, the notice will state the issue to be reviewed, the form of
review to be used, the persons who may participate in the review, the
time and place where the review will occur, and other details.
Petitioners may, at any time on or before August 22, 1994, file
with the Dockets Management Branch (address above) two copies of each
petition and supporting data and information, identified with the name
of the device and the docket number found in brackets in the heading of
this document. Received petitions may be seen in the office above
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
This notice is issued under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (secs. 515(d), 520(h) (21 U.S.C. 360e(d), 360j(h))) and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (21 CFR 5.10)
and redelegated to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (21
CFR 5.53).
Dated: July 8, 1994.
Joseph A. Levitt,
Deputy Director for Regulations Policy, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health.
[FR Doc. 94-17812 Filed 7-21-94; 8:45 am]
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