Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of medical devices used in diagnostic & interventional cardiology & radiology procedures. Its primary products consist of inflation devices used in angioplasty, stent placement & discography; diagnostic & therapeutic catheters used for various procedures in cardiology & radiology; guide wires used to place balloon angioplasty catheters within a patient’s coronary arteries; products used to manage & monitor the administration of contrast & other fluid solutions during diagnostic & therapeutic procedures; thrombolytic catheters & fluid dispensing systems; angiography accessories; & standard & custom angiography kits. Headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Merit employs approximately 1,900 people worldwide. Merit markets its products in the United States & Europe (direct sales force) & the world (distributors). They call directly on physicians & clinicians in hospitals & clinics worldwide. The Company has expanded to three separate facilities in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (South Jordan, Murray and West Jordan). Merit also has facilities in Galway, Ireland (guidewires), Angleton, Texas (catheters), in Richmond, Virginia (procedural trays & packs) & a customer service & distribution center in Maastricht, The Netherlands. The Company has achieved a world leadership position in inflation devices & hemostasis valves & is renowned for its product innovation, customer service & product quality.https://www.merit.com
About the Spinal Market
The Spinal implants and spinal devices market, by technology, includes spinal fusion and fixation, vertebral compression fracture treatment, and motion preservation/non-fusion technologies. On the basis of products, the global spinal implants and spinal devices market is divided into six major segments, namely, thoracic fusion and lumbar fusion devices, cervical fusion devices, spine biologics, vertebral compression fracture treatment devices, motion preservation/non-fusion treatment devices, and spine bone stimulators. Bases on the type of surgery, the global spinal implants and spinal devices market is divided into two segments, namely, open surgery and minimally invasive surgery. The spinal decompression devices market, by type of procedure, covers discectomy, laminotomy/laminectomy, foraminotomy/foraminectomy, facetectomy, and corpectomy procedures.
The Spinal market is expected to reach USD 15.73 Billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 5.6% from 2015 to 2020. As of 2015, North America is estimated to hold the largest share of the global spinal implants and spinal devices market, followed by Europe. However, the Asia-Pacific market is expected to grow at the highest CAGR of 8.2% from 2015 to 2020. A number of factors, including rising healthcare expenditure in developing nations owing to growing income levels, increasing government funding, presence of a large patient population, rising obesity cases, and growing awareness on the newly developed spine treatment techniques and devices are propelling the growth of the spinal implants and spinal devices market in the Asia-Pacific region. However, challenges associated with this market, such as scarcity of expertise and trained healthcare workers and lack of adequate patient awareness restricts the market growth in this region.Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com