Memphis preemie receives world’s first commercially-approved, pea-sized heart device
Michael Alexander visits with his daughter KateLynn Davis as she recovers from surgery at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital on Feb. 8, 2019. The tiny infant received the first commercially-approved closure of a PDA heart defect this week. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
A procedure to insert the world's first commercially-approved heart device for babies weighing less than two pounds was performed at Memphis' Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
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Abbott Laboratories FDA Le Bonheur Children’s HospitalMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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