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Mar-Med and Wilderness Medicine
Mar-Med is coming to the WMS 2020 ConferenceMar-Med is excited to be exhibiting for the first time at the Wilderness Medical Society in Sun Valley, Idaho at the end of this month. After...
Balloon Extractor: A Cost-Value Analysis
Clinical Value: Clinicians love the Balloon Extractor device for nasal foreign body removal, but sometimes we hear concern from their facilities about cost. At about $35 per unit (30% less than the...
Video – Balloon Extractor Tips and Best Practices
Balloon Extractor Tips and Best Practices The video above captures how to use our new Balloon Extractor, nasal foreign body removal device. Specifically we address common inquiries...
Introducing the Balloon Extractor
Balloon Extractor - Nasal Foreign Body RemoverIntroducing the Mar-Med Balloon Extractor. The Balloon Extractor is used to remove nasal foreign bodies safely and easily. For use insert the thin...
Introducing the Derma-Stent
Derma-Stent - Abscess and Cyst DrainIntroducing the Mar-Med Derma-Stent, a new minimally invasive cutaneous abscess drain. A Derma-Stent is a biocompatible, flexible, silicone drain that can be...
Mar-Med’s Ride on the Green Side
Environmental Sustainability at Mar-Med We at Mar-Med take pride in our popular medical devices, but we put effort into reducing our footprint because we also take pride in Michigan’s environment. ...
How the United Kingdom Avoids Finger Amputations
Forgotten digital tourniquets leading to digit amputation is the single greatest risk posed by their use. Covering the digit in gauze before a patient is discharged can hide an...
Derma-Stent Clinical Trial Pictures
Pictures from Mar-Med's Wayne State University Trial Displayed below are images captured from a clinical trial using the Derma-Stent cutaneous drainage device. The clinical trial was...
Video – Uni-Cot Tips and Best Practices
Uni-Cot Tips and Best Practices The video above captures how to use our new Uni-Cot, one-size-fits-all digit tourniquet. Specifically we address the common question about why the...
Mar-Med’s Digital Tourniquets: Great Under Pressure
Digital Tourniquet Pressure: Clinicians often ask whether Mar-Med’s Tourni-Cot and Uni-Cot digital tourniquet devices apply safe amounts of pressure when in use on a finger or toe. This...
Introducing the Uni-Cot
For over 20 years Mar-Med in Grand Rapids, Michigan has offered the Tourni-Cot which has set the bar for achieving safe and easy hemostasis of fingers and toes. Now Mar-Med would like to introduce a...
Digital Tourniquets and Tissue Adhesives
Mar-Med’s Tourni-Cot and Uni-Cot facilitate the use of tissue adhesive products in digit wound repairs. Clinicians have long sought an efficient method of wound repair that requires little time and...
Tourni-Cots for Charity – Thumbs Up!
With great healthcare needs around the world, Clinicians are known for doing a great deal of volunteer charity work. This charity work can often lack the resources for effective care. Mar-Med...
Tourni-Cot – #1 for Good Reason
The Tourni-Cot is the world's most popular digit tourniquet, and clinically that's for good reason. Generally speaking, digit tourniquets improve care by creating a bloodless field for procedures...
Derma-Stent – First Human Case Article Published
I’m proud to announce the publication of an article in Volume 56, Issue 3 of the Journal of Emergency Medicine describing the first documented use of Mar-Med’s Derma-Stent device on a...
The Tourni-Cot Digital Tourniquet by Mar-Med
Mar-Med's Tourni-Cot Digital Tourniquet For over 20 years the Tourni-Cot has set the bar for achieving safe and easy hemostasis of fingers and toes. Mar-Med in Grand Rapids, Michigan...
A Novel Digital Tourniquet Proves itself to be #1
Mar-Med’s Tourni-Cot device is the world leader in digital tourniquets. Developed in 1989 by Dr. Joseph Marogil, a general surgeon, the Tourni-Cot was well ahead of its time in digit tourniquet...