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# Merit Medical Breakthrough Status for Scout Device
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/merit-medical-breakthrough-status-for-scout-device/
- Published: 2023-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:16:14.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5153802

FDA has granted Merit Medical Systems a breakthrough device designation for its Scout MD Surgical Guidance System. The localization device supports implantation of up to four unique reflector configurations within abnormal breast or other soft tissue to “enable surgeons to pinpoint tumor location in multiple dimensions for more precise excision, minimizing trauma to healthy tissue and helping to reduce the likelihood of re-excision,” the company says. It is designed to help increase surgeon precision, “tissue-conserving” treatment and reduced reintervention.