<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000000000-24-008295.txt : 20240911
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000000000-24-008295
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	UPLOAD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240722

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000856982
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				870447695
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		UPLOAD
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18592

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1600 WEST MERIT PARK WAY
		CITY:			SOUTH JORDAN
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84095
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8012531600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY
		CITY:			SOUTH JORDAN
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84095
PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000856982-24-000015
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                                                           July 22, 2024

Raul Parra
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
1600 West Merit Parkway
South Jordan , Utah 84095

       Re: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
           Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
           Filed February 28, 2024
           Form 8-K Filed February 28, 2024
           Response Letter Dated July 12, 2024
           File No. 000-18592
Dear Raul Parra:

       We have reviewed your July 12, 2024 response to our comment letter and
have the
following comment.

       Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

        After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional
comments. Unless we
note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our June
10, 2024 letter.

Form 8-K Filed February 28, 2024
Exhibit 99.1

1.     We note your response to our comment letter. Based on the information
provided for the
       Foundations for Growth Program costs captured in the corporate
transformation and
       restructuring non-GAAP adjustment, these costs appear to have been
incurred in the
       normal course of your operations. With reference to Question 100.01 of
the Compliance
       and Disclosure Interpretations for Non-GAAP Financial Measures, please
confirm that
       you will no longer exclude the corporate transformation costs from your
non-GAAP
       measures.
 July 22, 2024
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       Please contact Tracey Houser at 202-551-3736 or Al Pavot at 202-551-3738
if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.



                                                         Sincerely,

                                                         Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                         Office of Industrial
Applications and
                                                         Services
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