Category Archives: Press Releases

Bluegrass Vascular to assume responsibility for the sales and distribution of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System

San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc. (BVT) is excited to announce that effective January 1, 2023, we will assume responsibility for the sales and distribution of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System. BVT has come to a mutual agreement with Merit Medical to end the current distribution agreement. As the developer and manufacturer […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Appoints Dan Beney as Vice President of Sales

San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, today announced Dan Beney has joined the company’s executive team as Vice President of Sales. In this role, Beney will lead the expansion of  the company’s sales efforts to drive the utilization […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Featured Paper in the Journal of Vascular Surgery Reporting on the Use of the Surfacer® System

San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a paper featured on the cover of the June 2022 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) which reports on the use the Surfacer® System to […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces New Paper Reporting Use of the Surfacer® System via Transcollateral Approach

San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a paper reporting on the use of the Surfacer® System to perform the Inside-Out® procedure via transcollateral approach. “The Surfacer® Inside-out® system represents a new approach to […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Closes $5 Million Convertible Debt Financing
Funding will support acceleration of the commercial expansion of Bluegrass Vascular’s Surfacer® System.

San Antonio, TX – Privately held Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a leading innovator and global manufacturer of lifesaving devices and methods based on the Inside-Out® vascular access procedure, today announced the closing of a $5.0 million financing in convertible promissory notes to a group of qualified investors, including new investors and existing shareholders who participated in previous […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces New Paper Reporting Ability to Eliminate Use of a Femoral Catheter with the Surfacer® System

San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a case report demonstrating the ability to utilize the Surfacer® System to perform the Inside-Out® procedure and obtain right-sided central venous access in a patient with central […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Publication Reporting Long-term data following facilitation of HeRO® graft placement using the Surfacer® System

San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a report three cases where the Surfacer System was used to help facilitate the placement of the HeRO graft in patients with thoracic central venous obstruction (TCVO) […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Decision by Medicare to Assign a New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) for the Surfacer® System Procedure

  Click here to view the Surfacer® System Reimbursement Guide   San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding […]

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Bluegrass Vascular selected by MedTech Innovator as one of Top 50 Medtech Startups

LOS ANGELES, CA – MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical device companies in the world, today announced the 50 companies selected to participate in the organization’s flagship four-month Showcase and Accelerator program, featuring the industry’s most transformative device, diagnostic, and digital health technologies from around the globe. These up-and-coming startups will receive unparalleled visibility […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Publication Reporting Experience with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Lead Placement following Use of Surfacer System

  San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of a report documenting the clinical utility of the Surfacer System to gain venous access prior to the placement of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device leads in […]

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