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September's list of devices approved outside the US include a new transcatheter aortic valve in Europe, two orthopedic devices and a gynecology device in Australia, and a drug-eluting stent in Pakistan.

[Editors' note: For sortable and searchable tables of all 2016 US and non-US approvals and clearances, check out the Approvals Tracker: https://medtech.pharmamedtechbi.com/datasets/approvals

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