# K231468: SCOUT MD Surgical Guidance System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Merit Medical System, Inc.
- Decided: Feb 12, 2024 after 266 days
- Product code: NEU (Marker, Radiographic, Implantable)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4300
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K181007 (2018). 1 ancestor in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K181007: Cianna Medical SAVI Scout Reflector and SAVI Scout System, Cianna Medical, Inc. (2018) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K252892: SCOUT MD Surgical Guidance System (2025), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The SCOUT MD Reflector is intended to be placed percutaneously in soft tissue (>30 days) to mark a biopsy site or a soft tissue site intended for surgical removal. Using imaging guidance (such as ultrasound, MRI, or radiography) or aided by non-imaging guidance (SCOUT MD System) the SCOUT MD Reflector is located and surgically removed with the target tissue. The SCOUT MD System is intended only for the non-imaging detection and localization of the SCOUT MD Reflector that has been implanted in a soft tissue biopsy site or a soft tissue site intended for surgical removal.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K231468
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology