Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Nature Of Operations Disclosure [Abstract]

1. Description of Business

Vascular Solutions, Inc. (the Company) is a medical device company focused on bringing clinically advanced solutions to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists. The Company has three product categories as follows:

Catheter products, principally consisting of catheters used in minimally invasive medical procedures for the diagnosis or treatment of vascular conditions, such as the Pronto® extraction catheters used in treating acute myocardial infarction and the GuideLiner® catheter used to access discrete regions of the coronary, and also including products used in connection with gaining percutaneous access to the vasculature to perform minimally invasive procedures, such as micro-introducer kits;

Hemostat products, principally consisting of blood clotting products, such as the D-Stat® Dry hemostat, a topical thrombin-based pad with a bandage used to control surface bleeding, and the D-Stat Flowable, a thick yet flowable thrombin-based mixture for preventing bleeding in subcutaneous pockets; and

·	Vein products and services, principally consisting of the Vari-Lase® endovenous laser, a laser console and procedure kit used for the treatment of varicose veins, and a reprocessing service for radiofrequency vein ablation catheters.

As a vertically-integrated medical device company, the Company generates ideas and creates new minimally invasive devices or services and then delivers these products and services to the physicians through a direct domestic sales force and an international distribution network. The Company was incorporated in the state of Minnesota in December 1996 and began operations in February 1997.