DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,184

INNOVATIVE SURGICAL PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF ISSAC MEDICAL COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 3, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Innovative Surgical Products, a subsidiary of ISSAC
Medical Company, Tustin, California. The workers produced
post-operative fluid removal devices. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Innovative
Surgical Products, who are engaged in employment related to
production of post-operative fluid removal devices, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of post-operative fluid removal devices by
Innovative Surgical Products have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with post-
operative fluid removal devices produced by Innovative
Surgical Products have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Innovative Surgical Products.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Innovative Surgical
Products, a subsidiary of ISSAC Medical Company, Tustin,
California, who are engaged in employment related to production
of post-operative fluid removal devices, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Innovative Surgical Products, a subsidiary
of ISSAC Medical Company, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Tustin, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 21,
2009, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of July, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance