Merit Medical Systems Snapshot
When it comes to medical devices, this company believes its merits speak for themselves. Merit Medical Systems makes disposable medical products used during interventional and diagnostic cardiology, radiology, gastroenterology, and pulmonary procedures. The company's products include catheters, guide wires, needles, and tubing used in heart stent procedures, pacemaker placement, and angioplasties, as well as products for endoscopy, dialysis, and other procedures. Merit Medical sells its products as stand-alone items or in custom-made kits to hospitals and other health care providers as well as to custom packagers and equipment makers worldwide. CEO Fred Lampropoules owns about 5% of the company.