Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices

Dear Sir/Madam: RE: Docket No. FDA-2011-D-0469 Attach please file comments of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) in response to the Notice of Availability of the draft guidance, entitled, "Draft guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff: Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Optimize Medical Device Design, as announced in the Federal Register, 76 Federal Register 36543, June 22, 2011. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I can be reached at 703 841 - 3248 or by email at reaton@medicalimaging.org Sincerely, Richard M. Eaton, Industry Manager, Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA)