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| FCC | RIN: 3060-AJ24 | Publication ID: Fall 2014 |
| 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 that, in turn, should help to improve the health and well-being of the American public. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requested comment on a number of issues related to the designation of Medical Body Area Network ("MBAN") coordinator(s) for the 2360-2390 MHz band. Although the Commission adopted a coordination requirement in the First Report and Order that was concurrently adopted in this proceeding, released May 24, 2012, FCC 12-54, it also determined that additional notice and comment was required on key aspects related to the process and criteria for designating an MBAN coordinator, such as whether the Commission should designate one or more MBAN coordinators, the term of service for an MBAN coordinator, the qualifying criteria that should guide our selection of an MBAN coordinator, and fees to register with an MBAN coordinator and to coordinate MBAN and aeronautical mobile telemetry (AMT) operations. The First Report and Order in this proceeding expands the Commission's Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (MedRadio) rules to permit the development of new Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) devices in the 2360-2400 MHz band. The MBAN technology will provide a flexible platform for the wireless networking of multiple body transmitters used for the purpose of measuring and recording physiological parameters and other patient information or for performing diagnostic or therapeutic functions, primarily in health care facilities. This platform will enhance patient safety, care, and comfort by reducing the need to physically connect sensors to essential monitoring equipment by cables and wires. This decision is the latest in a series of actions to expand the spectrum available for wireless medical use. The Commission finds that the risk of increased interference is minimal and is greatly outweighed by the benefits of the MBAN rules. | |
| 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) | |
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| 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 | |
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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 |
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