occluder

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An object that partially or completely impedes the amount of light reaching the eye.

(medicine) An implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.

(medicine, cardiology) A catheter-delivered device that blocks a hole in the wall of a heart, often having an umbrella-type design and folded up until the catheter arrives at the area of the defect in the heart. Once in place the occluder is unfolded on both sides of the defect so that pressure from both sides keeps it in place.

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Gore intends to leverage the REDUCE data to seek FDA approval for a PFO indication for the GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder. Source: Internet

In 2016, another device, the Amplatzer PFO Occluder, was on the basis of safety and a reduction in PFO-related second strokes despite a lack of alleviation in overall stroke risk. Source: Internet

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