ABBOTT LABORATORIES (NYSE:ABT) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
  On January4, 2017, Abbott Laboratories completed the acquisition
  of St. Jude Medical, Inc. Beginning with the first quarter of
  2017, Abbotts cardiovascular and neuromodulation (ACN) business
  will include its historical Vascular Products segment and the
  businesses of St. Jude Medical,Inc. ACNs sales results will be
  reported in the following categories:
  Rhythm Management and Heart Failure: This
  product category will include traditional pacemakers and
  implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), bi-ventricular
  cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers and ICDs, atrial
  fibrillation products, ventricular assist devices, and the
  CardioMEMS HF system.
  Cardiovascular and Structural Heart: This
  product category will include a broad line of coronary,
  endovascular, and vessel closure devices, diagnostic coronary
  imaging technology, percutaneous heart pumps, heart valve
  replacement and repair devices, patent foramen ovale closure
  devices, and left atrial appendage closure products.
  Neuromodulation: This product category will
  include spinal cord stimulation products, dorsal root ganglion
  stimulation products, and deep brain stimulation products.
  Please see Exhibit99.1 for comparable revenue in each product
  category for the first nine months of 2016.
  The information contained in this Current Report on Form8-K and
  the Exhibithereto shall not be deemed to be filed for the
  purposes of Section18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
  Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
  section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing
  under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act.
  Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
  Exhibits
| ExhibitNo. | 
 | Exhibit | 
| 99.1 | Comparable Sales by Product (furnished to Item 2.02). | 
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES | ||
| Date:January24, 2017 | By: | |
| /s/ Brian B. Yoor | ||
| 
        Brian B. Yoor, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief | 
EXHIBITINDEX
| ExhibitNo. | 
 | Exhibit | 
| 99.1 | Comparable Sales by Product (furnished | 
 About ABBOTT LABORATORIES (NYSE:ABT) 
Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a line of healthcare products. The Company operates in four business segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products and Vascular Products. The Established Pharmaceutical Products segment includes the international sales of a line of branded generic pharmaceutical products. The Nutrition Products segment includes the sales of a line of adult and pediatric nutritional products. The Diagnostic Products includes the sales of diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories and alternate-care testing sites. The Vascular Products includes the sales of coronary, endovascular, structural heart, vessel closure and other medical device products.	ABBOTT LABORATORIES (NYSE:ABT) Recent Trading Information 
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