Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs over 100,000 people.Abbott's leadership in Transcatheter Technologies is centered around the MitraClip system and related innovations to treat valvular disease with minimallyinvasive techniques. MitraClip is the world's first transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) therapy that delivers a treatment option for selected patients with primary or secondary mitral regurgitation who would otherwise go untreated. Used in over 100,000 p