4 infants had PDA shown on echo-3 infants had small, constricting ducts, 1 infant had a large PDA(2.4mm, reversed diastolic DAo flow). The infant with large PDA had dramatically increased LVO(1a/b ...

Merit Medical Systems announced today that investigators enrolled the first patient in a study of its Bloom micro occluder ...

Merit Medical Systems has enrolled the first patient in the multi-centre PREEMIE study to assess the efficacy and safety of ...

The condition is common in premature, low-birth-weight infants. A PDA affects the way blood flows through a baby’s lungs. A hemodynamically significant or large PDA (hsPDA) can negatively affect a ...

A PDA affects the way blood flows through a baby’s lungs. A hemodynamically significant or large PDA (hsPDA) can negatively affect a baby’s health and require treatment to close the opening.

It should be noted that the Bloom Micro Occluder System is not currently approved to treat PDA. MMSI plans to enroll at least 55 premature infants with hemodynamically significant or large PDA at ...