FDA Approves Abbott’s Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder To Compete With Boston Scientific’s Watchman

Amplatzer Amulet is a percutaneous transcatheter device designed to prevent thrombus embolization from the left-atrial appendage in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

Abbott's Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder • Source: Abbott

Boston Scientific’s Watchman FLX left-atrial appendage (LAA) closure device will finally face competition in the US market with the launch of Abbott ’s Amplatzer Amulet LAA occluder.

On 16 August, the US Food and Drug Administration announced it approved Abbott’s premarket approval (PMA) application for Amplatzer Amulet to prevent thrombus embolization in patients with nonvalvular atrial...

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