FDA authorizes use of new device to treat esophageal birth defect in babies

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Title: FDA authorizes use of new device to treat esophageal birth defect in babies

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FDA authorizes use of new device to treat esophageal birth defect in babies

05/12/2017 12:51 PM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized use of the Flourish Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Anastomosis, a first-of-its-kind medical device to treat infants up to one year old for a birth defect that causes a gap in their esophagus, called esophageal atresia.

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