Acquisitions broaden Merit’s therapeutic platform with diverse dialysis product solutions and expand its access catheter offering Acquisitions projected to add approximately $30 million of revenue, on an annualized basis, in key strategic markets that leverage existing commercial footprint Merit re-affirms full-year 2023 financial guidance on stand-alone basis and updates full-year […]
Tag: Bluegrass Vascular
Bluegrass Vascular Appoints Dan Beney as Vice President of Sales
San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, today announced Dan Beney has joined the company’s executive team as Vice President of Sales. In this role, Beney will lead the expansion of the company’s sales efforts […]
Bluegrass Vascular Closes $5 Million Convertible Debt Financing
MARCH 3, 2022 San Antonio, TX – Privately held Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a leading innovator and global manufacturer of lifesaving devices and methods based on the Inside-Out® vascular access procedure, today announced the closing of a $5.0 million financing in convertible promissory notes to a group of qualified investors, including new […]
Bluegrass Vascular Announces New Paper Reporting Ability to Eliminate Use of a Femoral Catheter with the Surfacer® System
December 8, 2021, San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a case report demonstrating the ability to utilize the Surfacer® System to perform the Inside-Out® procedure and obtain right-sided central venous access […]
Bluegrass Vascular Announces Decision by Medicare to Assign a New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) for the Surfacer System Procedure
SAN ANTONIO, TX – September 20, 2021 – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) […]
MedTech Innovator Unveils Top 50 Medtech Startups Selected for Annual Showcase and Accelerator
LOS ANGELES — June 15, 2021 — MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical device companies in the world, today announced the 50 companies selected to participate in the organization’s flagship four-month Showcase and Accelerator program, featuring the industry’s most transformative device, diagnostic, and digital health technologies from around the […]
Bluegrass Vascular Announces Publication Reporting Experience with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Lead Placement following Use of Surfacer System
San Antonio, TX – April 21, 2021 – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a report documenting the clinical utility of the Surfacer System to gain venous access prior to the placement […]
Bluegrass Vascular Announces Publication of Surfacer System SAVE Registry Results
San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of the results from the company’s prospective, multicenter SAVE (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions) Registry in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR). […]
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Welcomes National Kidney Foundation’s Revamp of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Access
Updated 2019 guidelines emphasize vessel preservation, aligns with the Surfacer® System’s “Don’t Go Left™” approach SAN ANTONIO, April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, welcomes the recent publication of the 2019 Update to […]
FDA Grants De Novo Clearance to Bluegrass Vascular Technologies for the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System
First device to reliably and repeatedly achieve central venous access from the inside-out in patients with venous obstructions SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug […]