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Acquisitions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Acquisitions | 4. Acquisitions. On June 8, 2023, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with AngioDynamics, Inc. (“AngioDynamics”) to acquire the assets associated with a portfolio of dialysis catheter products and the BioSentry® Biopsy Tract Sealant System for a purchase price of $100 million. We accounted for this acquisition as a business combination. The sales related to the acquisition have been included in our cardiovascular segment since the acquisition date and were approximately $7.3 and $8.3 million for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, respectively. It is not practical to separately report earnings related to the acquisition, as we cannot split out sales costs related solely to the products acquired, principally because our sales representatives sell multiple products within our cardiovascular business segment. Acquisition-related costs associated with the AngioDynamics acquisition, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, were approximately $0.1 million and $4.9 million for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023, respectively. The purchase price was preliminarily allocated as follows (in thousands): ​
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Assets Acquired |  | ​ |
Prepaid expenses | ​ | $ | 2,000
Inventories | ​ |  | 5,254
Property and equipment | ​ | ​ | 108
Intangible assets | ​ |  | ​
Developed technology | ​ | ​ | 65,200
Trademarks | ​ | ​ | 4,000
Customer list | ​ | ​ | 5,800
Goodwill | ​ | ​ | 17,638
Total net assets acquired | ​ | $ | 100,000
​ We are amortizing the AngioDynamics developed technology intangible assets over nine years, the trademark intangible assets over 11 years, and the customer list intangible asset on an accelerated basis over ten years. We have estimated the weighted average life of the intangible assets acquired from AngioDynamics to be 10.5 years. The goodwill consists largely of the synergies expected from combining operations and is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The pro forma effects to our consolidated results of operations of the AngioDynamics acquisition are not material in relation to reported sales and it was deemed impracticable to obtain information to determine earnings associated with the acquired product lines which represent only a small portion of the product lines of a large, consolidated company without standalone financial information. On May 4, 2023, we entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the assets associated with the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System from Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc. (“Bluegrass”), for a purchase price of $32.7 million. Prior to the acquisition, we held an equity investment of 1,251,878 Bluegrass common shares representing approximately 19.5% ownership in Bluegrass. The fair value of this previously-held equity investment of approximately $245,000 is included in the purchase price allocation. We accounted for this acquisition as a business combination. The sales and results of operations related to the acquisition have been included in our cardiovascular segment since the acquisition date and were not material. Acquisition-related costs associated with the Bluegrass acquisition, which were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, were not material. The purchase price was preliminarily allocated as follows (in thousands): ​
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Assets Acquired |  | ​ |
Inventories | ​ | $ | 175
Intangible assets | ​ |  | ​
Developed technology | ​ | ​ | 28,000
Trademarks | ​ | ​ | 900
Goodwill | ​ | ​ | 3,898
Total net assets acquired | ​ | $ | 32,973
​ We are amortizing the Bluegrass developed technology intangible asset over 15 years and the related trademarks over 13 years. We have estimated the weighted average life of the intangible assets acquired from Bluegrass to be 14.9 years. The goodwill consists largely of the synergies expected from combining operations and is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The pro forma effects to our consolidated results of operations of the Bluegrass acquisition are not material. ​ On May 1, 2023, we entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire certain assets from Advanced Radiation Therapy, LLC (“ART”), related to intellectual property rights for soft tissue markers. The total purchase price of the ART assets included an up-front payment of $750,000, a deferred payment of $750,000 payable upon the first to occur of (1) shipment and installation of two commercial production winders used to manufacture the product or (2) 30 days after delivery of the winders to Merit, and, a deferred payment of $500,000 payable upon regulatory approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Merit to commence commercialization, marketing and sale of the product in the United States. We have accounted for this transaction as an asset purchase and recorded $1.5 million of acquired in-process research and development expense associated with the upfront payment and completion of the milestone related to the installation of the commercial production winders. The payments are reported within operating expenses because the technological feasibility of the underlying research and development project has not yet been reached and such technology has no identified future alternative use as of the date of acquisition. ​ We entered into a stock purchase agreement on January 11, 2023, and an exclusive distribution agreement on April 5, 2023, with Solo Pace Inc. ("Solo Pace”), owner and developer of a temporary external pulse generator and grounding pad with associated remote control module. Pursuant to these agreements, we paid $4.0 million to acquire (a) shares of Series Seed-1 Preferred Stock of Solo Pace, (b) an option to purchase the outstanding equity of Solo Pace within the earlier of five years after product commercialization or within 120 days after the twelve-month period wherein sales of the Solo Pace product exceed $6.0 million, and (c) exclusive rights to distribute the Solo Pace product upon commercialization. The shares of Solo Pace stock have been reflected within other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Our investment in Solo Pace represents an ownership of approximately 19% of its outstanding capital stock and has been recorded as an equity investment accounted for at cost because the equity interest does not have a readily determinable fair value and because we are not able to exercise significant influence over the operations of Solo Pace.

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