Disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems announced a more than 20% jump in revenue for its second quarter (end-June 30).
Revenue increased by 20.5% for the quarter, rising from $186.5 million a year ago to $224.8 million for the current quarter. Net income rose from $9.48 million in Q2 of 2017 to $10.9 million for this quarter. However, for the six-month period, net income fell from $24.2 million in 2017 to $16.2 million in 2018.
Merit attributed its growth to demand for legacy products, a full quarter of selling products acquired from Becton Dickinson, and continued growth in international markets.
![Representative example of a 16-year-old male patient with underlying X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. (A, B) Paired anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report shows lumbar spine (L1 through L4) areal bone mineral density (BMD). The DXA report was reformatted for anonymization and improved readability. The patient had low BMD (Z score ≤ −2.0). (C) Model (chest radiography [CXR]–BMD) output shows the predicted raw BMD and Z score in comparison with the DXA reference standard, together with interpretability analyses using Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) and gradient-weighted class activation maps. The patient was classified as having low BMD, consistent with the reference standard. AM = age-matched, DEXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, RM2 = room 2, SNUH = Seoul National University Hospital, YA = young adult.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/ai-children-bone-density.0snnf2EJjr.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
