Merit Medical Systems' guidewire cleared in the US:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Merit Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance to market its guidewires which guide and place coronary angioplasty and stent deployment catheters in coronary arteries. The company, which CE-marked the Tomcat guidewires last year, expects to begin selling the device in the first quarter of 1998.