The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder (Abbott), the first medical device to treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature babies weighing as little ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared the smallest occlusion device to date for the treatment of symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants, device manufacturer Abbott ...

Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories received an FDA approval for the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder to treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a condition in which a newborn has a persistent opening in the ...

Merit Medical Systems initiates a study to evaluate the Bloom Micro Occluder System for treating patent ductus arteriosus in premature infants. Merit Medical Systems, Inc. has announced the enrollment ...

Abbott noted that the Amplatzer Piccolo, a device even smaller than a small pea, now offers hope to premature infants and newborns who need corrective treatment, and who may be non-responsive to ...

Abbott announced that the FDA approved a closure device for the treatment of premature babies with patent ductus arteriosus who are nonresponsive to medical management. The Amplatzer Piccolo occluder ...

Two weeks into her life, Katelynn Davis weighed just about 2 pounds. She was born with a heart defect common among premature babies like her. The defect is called patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), which ...

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Hospital Lufkin recently announced a significant advancement in cardiovascular care, becoming the ...

Abbott’s range of entries to Fast Company’s 2o20 World Changing Ideas Awards made it our selection for World Changing Company of the Year. While the company is currently a major player in helping ramp ...

When Candace Rice went into labor around Christmas, she was 24 weeks into her pregnancy. Shortly after she gave birth, her son, Maxwell, was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Le Bonheur ...

The heart of a newborn undergoes dramatic physical changes after birth, as the baby's circulatory system disconnects from the mother's and starts pumping blood on its own. But the natural process in ...

The healthcare company released highly encouraging data on an important pediatric device. Three years of data on the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder show an extremely high survival rate in patients. Abbott ...