Medical Device Advisory: FCC Proposes Medical Device Radiocommunications Services
9/8/2006
The Federal Communications Commission recently issued a notice of proposed rule making and notice of inquiry which would modify its rules to accommodate the development and use of new medical devices that utilize radiocommunication. The proposed rules focus specifically on spectrum needs and appropriate operational protocols for implanted and body-worn medical radiocommunication devices that manage and maintain body functions and/or health conditions. These devices would, for example, allow physicians to wirelessly retrieve data and make adjustments to an insulin pump implanted in a diabetes patient or wirelessly treat tremors from Parkinson's disease through deep brain stimulation implants. However, these advances necessitate the adoption of a new set of rules for wireless medical radiocommunication technologies.
For the proposed rules and the deadlines for submission of comments and reply comments for this proceeding please view this Mintz Levin Advisory.
