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FCC RIN: 3060-AJ24 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Medical Body Area Network (ET Docket No. 08-59) 
Abstract: In the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) the Commission seeks comment on allocating spectrum and establishing service and technical rules for the operation of Medical Body Area Network (or MBAN) systems using body sensor devices. MBAN systems would provide a flexible platform for the wireless networking of multiple body sensors used for monitoring a patient's physiological data, primarily in health care facilities. Use of MBAN systems hold the promise of improved safety, quality, and efficiency of patient care by reducing or eliminating a wide array of hardwired, patient-attached cables used by present monitoring technologies. This NPRM reflects the Commission's continuing desire to foster the availability and use of advanced medical devices using wireless technologies which, in turn, should help to improve the health and well-being of the American public. 
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2    47 CFR 95   
Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i)    47 USC 301 and 302    47 USC 303(e) and 303(f)    47 USC 303(r)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/06/2009  74 FR 39249   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/05/2009    
Next Action Undetermined  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: ET Docket No. 08-59
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Gary Thayer
Electronics Engineer
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-2290
Email: gary.thayer@fcc.gov