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# FDA Clears Abbott’s Next-gen MitraClip Valve Repair
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-clears-abbotts-next-gen-mitraclip-valve-repair/
- Published: 2018-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T00:19:04.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5141854

FDA has approved Abbott’s next-generation MitraClip heart valve repair device used to mend a leaky mitral valve without open-heart surgery. It is designed to “allow for more precise placement during deployment, resulting in more predictable procedures, and additionally offers a second clip size with longer arms that expands the reach of the clip-based device,” the company says. The additional clip size is intended to help physicians treat patients who have more complex anatomies when repairing the mitral valve, it says. MitraClip treats people with degenerative mitral regurgitation, and it is delivered via a catheter to the heart through a blood vessel in the leg.