Medical Precision opened US sales of the Comfort Marker on September 21. The Dutch company makes a powered device that places the permanent reference points radiotherapy teams line patients up with.
The device injects pigment 0.2mm to 0.7mm into the skin. A hand held lancet goes 2mm to 3mm. It uses color coded safety needles, and the marks can be removed by laser after treatment ends.
FDA granted the Comfort Marker 2.0 a De Novo under DEN200041, filed by Medical Precision B.V. of Zwolle. That created product code QRN and the Class II regulation 21 CFR 892.5785, covering powered devices that deliver colorant transdermally. The device also carries a CE mark.
US operations run from Scottsdale, Arizona, and the company will show the device at ASTRO in Boston from September 26 to 30, booth 2157. The De Novo is the real asset here: any competitor now files a 510(k) against Comfort Marker as the predicate.