Merit Medical Systems Inc. is a leading manufacturer of disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy.
Founded in 1987, Merit initially focused on injection- and insert-molding of plastics and electronic and sensor-based technologies. The company’s first product was a specialized control syringe for injecting contrast solution into a patient’s arteries for a diagnostic cardiac procedure called an angiogram.