Merit Medical’s New MIV™ Radial Ventriculogram Pigtail Catheter is Designed for the Radial Approach

Merit Medical announces the release of its MIV Radial Ventriculogram Catheters. This pigtail catheter is designed to angle toward the left cusp from the radial approach, facilitating easier insertion into the ventricle.

Advantages of the MIV Pigtail include:

• Catheter is angled toward the left cusp facilitating insertion into the ventricle
• Faster access
• Reduced fluoroscopy time
• Reduced procedure time
• Decreased catheter manipulation

The catheter is available in two tip lengths (short and long) and is available in 4F, 5F, and 6F with lengths of 110 cm and 125 cm. To learn more about this new design, contact your local Merit Sales Representative or visit us at www.merit.com.

Tami Anderson
Sr. Product Manager

Merit Medical to Showcase the New basixTOUCH™ Inflation Device at EuroPCR May 21-24, 2013

Merit Medical continues to lead the world in inflation device technology with its latest innovation – the basixTOUCH Inflation Device*. We are pleased to showcase the basixTOUCH and several other innovative products and accessories at EuroPCR in Paris next week.

The basixTOUCH delivers

• 30 mL Fluid Capacity
• 35 atm Pressure Capability
• Fast, Efficient Inflation and Deflation
• Ergonomic Handle
• One-Handed Prep and Priming
• Durable Construction
• Reliable Performance

Please join us at Booth M64 to learn how the basixTOUCH can help to “Expand Your Capacity” and why “It’s All In The Touch.”

To see Merit Medical’s entire portfolio of cardiology products, visit our website – www.merit.com.

Guido Sandulli
Director, Cardiology Group

* Pending FDA 510(k) review

Merit Medical Exhibiting at WCIO Show in New York, May 16-18, 2013

The World Conference on Interventional Oncology (WCIO) 2013 Meeting will take place at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel. WCIO will feature innovative Interventional Oncology (IO) experts, discussions on current IO topics, unique live case presentations, and the latest scientific advances. 

Please stop by and visit Merit Medical at Booth 18.

Featured products will include:

• 30-60 µm QuadraSphere® Microspheres
• Embosphere® Microspheres
• Merit Laureate® Hydrophilic Guide Wire
• BowTie™ Guide Wire Insertion Device
• Scion Clo-Sur PLUS P.A.D.™

Experience a new era in hydrophilic guide wires with the Merit Laureate 
Hydrophilic Guide Wire hands-on discovery model. Try it out and you’ll see for yourself the true meaning of 1-1 torque as the guide wire is manipulated through tortuous anatomy in a vascular model.

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Patty Jabotte
Marketing Communications Manager

Merit Medical Introduces ClassicSheath™ - The Gold Standard in EP Vessel Access - at HRS Meeting in Denver

Discover why Merit Medical’s ClassicSheath Splittable Hemostatic Introducer System is the gold standard for EP vessel access at the upcoming Heart Rhythm Society meeting in Denver, Colorado May 8-10.

Merit is proud to officially introduce

• ClassicSheath
• LV Delivery System
• HeartSpan® Transseptal Needle
• HeartSpan Transseptal Sheath

as part of Merit’s new extensive EP vessel access line. Also to be featured at the Merit booth are the new ONE Snare™ Single Loop Endovascular Snare System and the Impress® Vein Selector Catheter.

Visit us at Booth 549 for exciting hands-on demonstrations of these products and more.

Clint Poulsen
Marketing Communications Manager

Experience Merit Laureate’s 1:1 Torque Firsthand at the Merit Discovery Station at SIR 2013

Discover a new era in hydrophilic guide wires at the 2013 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in New Orleans April 13-18. Merit’s Laureate Discovery Hands-On Demonstration Models allow the clinician to experience the real meaning of true 1:1 torque as guide wires are manipulated through tortuous anatomy in a vascular model.

While attending SIR this year, please stop by Merit’s booth #1831, and familiarize yourself with the Laureate Hydrophilic Guide Wire to experience unparalleled torque control at your fingertips.

Watch the Merit Laureate product video to view an actual torque demonstration with the competition. See the new Merit Laureate brochure.

Penny Goldman
Senior Guide Wire
Product Manager