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SEC FORM 4/A SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
STANGER KENT W
(Last) (First) (Middle)
1600 W MERIT PARKWAY
(Street)
SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC [ MMSI ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/10/2012
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
05/14/2012 		6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, No Par Value 74,414 I By 401(k) plan(1)
Common Stock, No Par Value 185,051 I Family Limited Partnership
Common Stock, No Par Value 4,271(2) D
Common Stock, No Par Value 05/10/2012 M(9) 11,221 A $7.65 596,533 D
Common Stock, No Par Value 05/10/2012 F(9) 7,891 D $13.49 588,642 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $7.65 05/10/2012 M 11,221 05/23/2002 05/23/2012 Common Stock 11,221 $0 0 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $7.79 02/06/2004(3) 02/06/2013 Common Stock 44,445 44,445 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $8.38 05/22/2003 05/22/2013 Common Stock 33,334 33,334 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $17.34 12/13/2003 12/13/2013 Common Stock 18,750 18,750 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $17.34 12/13/2004 12/13/2013 Common Stock 17,500 17,500 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $11.05 06/10/2004 06/10/2014 Common Stock 7,500 7,500 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $11.05 06/10/2004 06/10/2014 Common Stock 18,750 18,750 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $12.02 12/18/2004 12/18/2014 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $11.41 05/25/2005 05/25/2015 Common Stock 18,750 18,750 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $9.71 12/28/2005 12/28/2015 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $9.22 05/25/2007(4) 05/25/2013 Common Stock 18,750 18,750 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $9.7 06/27/2008(5) 06/27/2014 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $9.7 06/27/2008 06/27/2014 Common Stock 18,750 18,750 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $11.53 05/21/2009(6) 05/21/2015 Common Stock 43,750 43,750 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $13.82 09/26/2010(7) 09/26/2016 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D
Non-qualified stock options (right to buy) $13.75 08/11/2012(8) 08/11/2018 Common Stock 80,000 80,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents plan holdings as of 05/02/2012.
2. Employee stock purchase plan holdings as of 05/02/2012.
3. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 02/06/2004.
4. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 33% commencing 05/25/2007.
5. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 06/27/2008.
6. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 05/21/2009.
7. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 09/26/2010.
8. Becomes exercisable in equal annual installments of 20% commencing 08/11/2012.
9. Stock options were exercised in a swap transaction with the Company. 7,891 shares of common stock were surrendered for payroll taxes and payment of the option price. No shares were sold in the open market.
Gregory L. Barnett, Attorney-in-Fact 05/14/2012
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Fred P. Lampropoulos, Gregory L. Barnett and
Rashelle Perry signing individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) which may be required to be
filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder as a result of the
undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Merit
Medical Systems, Inc.;

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any other authority; and

(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Photographic copies of this Power of Attorney shall have the same
force and effect as the original.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 17 day of January, 2007.


/s/ Kent W. Stanger
Kent W. Stanger