Announcing New Product Innovations and Education Presentations at SIR 2019 – Booth 349

As the pioneers of minimally invasive treatment, you are innovators.¹ And Merit Medical is pleased to be your industry partner in innovative healthcare. This year at SIR 2019, we will introduce several new innovative products and technologies in the areas of venous therapy, interventional spine, embolics, biopsy, drainage, and radial access. We are also pleased to provide several in-booth education presentations and hands-on opportunities to further your learning experience at SIR.

Innovation Education Series at the Merit Medical Booth

The Evolution of Radial Access – The Science and Practice of Distal Transradial

• Date: Sunday, March 24, 2019
• Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM  *Meet and Be Educated: Lunch provided; first come, first served.

Darren Klass, MD, PhD, MRCS, FRCR, FRCPC, Interventional Radiologist, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC

Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD, Interventional Cardiologist, “Father of Transradial Intervention,” Tergooi, The Netherlands

Steerability in Single Access Approach for Vertebral Augmentation

• Date: Monday, March 25, 2019
• Time: 10:00 – 10:30 AM

Bart Dolmatch, MD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA

How Low Can You Go? A Paradigm Change in the Treatment of Venous Insufficiency

• Date: Monday, March 25, 2019
• Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM  *Meet and Be Educated: Lunch provided; first come, first served.

Michael Tal, MD, MBA, Tel Aviv, Israel

Advanced Localization Techniques; Breast Cancer – From Biopsy to Lymph Nodes

• Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019
• Time: 10:00 – 10:30 AM

Tanya W. Moseley, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Targeted RF Ablative Therapy in Metastatic Spine Disease: Steerability and Clinical Evidence

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019
• Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM  *Meet and Be Educated: Lunch provided; first come, first served.

Jack W. Jennings, MD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

* The content of these sessions is not part of the SIR 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting as approved by the Annual Scientific Meeting Committee. Merit Medical is hosting this lunch in accordance with the AdvaMed Code of Ethics.

New Product Innovations and Hands-on Learning

Venous Therapy:

• Merit Medical recently acquired the ClariVein® IC Infusion Catheter
• Hands-on Opportunity: Experience single-handed operation of the ClariVein while learning about its many patient and operator advantages
• Learn more about Merit’s Access Kits and Packs, complete solutions to access the vascular system

Interventional Spine:

• Explore the Osseoflex® SB Steerable and Straight Balloons, for access to the entire vertebral body and cavity creation using a unipedicular or bipedicular approach
• Discover Osseoflex® SN Steerable Needles, for access to the vertebral body via a unipedicular approach
• Find out about upcoming ThinkInterventionalSpine™ physician education opportunities

Embolics:

• New EmboCube™ Embolization Gelatin, available in two sizes (2.5 mm and 5.0 mm diameters), pre-loaded into syringes
• Hands-on Opportunity: UFE and PAE kiosk, for clinical resources and patient-facing tools
• Hands-on Opportunity: PAE-simulator training

Biopsy and Localization:

• New and Improved CorVocet™ Biopsy System, designed to cut a full core of tissue and provide large specimens
• Merit Medical recently acquired the SAVI SCOUT®, for wire-free radar localization of target tissue during breast cancer care
• Hands-on Opportunity: Experience the SAVI SCOUT

Drainage:

• Learn about the Aspira® Drainage System, designed to help patients drain fluid and manage symptoms without repeated trips to the hospital
• New Aspira® Drainage System Demo Kit and 24-hr Patient Hotline, support pieces for patients using the Aspira Drainage System

Radial Access:

• New PreludeSYNC DISTAL™, a hemostasis device designed for “snuff box” access sites (distal radial artery)
• Discover the Prelude IDeal™ Hydrophilic Sheath Introducer, designed with increased resistance to kinking and compression

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REFERENCES

1. Society of Interventional Radiology. (n.d.). Nonsurgical interventional radiology procedures offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery. Retrieved from https://www.mirmss.org/uploads/2/0/7/9/20795846/about_interventional_radiology.pdf