April 9, 2025 — Merit Medical Systems has announced the U.S. commercial release of its Ventrax Delivery System.
Ventrax is intended to facilitate placement of devices used in ablation procedures commonly performed to treat an abnormally fast heartbeat known as ventricular tachycardia (VT). Ventricular arrhythmias, which include VT, are believed to cause approximately three out of four sudden cardiac deaths, which result in an estimated 184,000–450,000 lives lost in the United States each year.¹
