• Abbott's new Navitor device features advancements to improve patient care, including reducing or eliminating risk of blood leakage around valve implant 
• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers minimally invasive alternative to surgery for people with aortic stenosis, a common and life-threatening heart valve disease   

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's latest-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system, Navitor™, to treat people with severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme risk for open-heart surgery. The Navitor TAVI system is the latest addition to the company's comprehensive transcatheter structural heart portfolio that offers less invasive treatment options to physicians and patients for some of the most common and serious heart diseases.