First Robotically Assisted Intracranial Implant Performed With Cerus Endovascular’s Contour Intrasaccular Device

December 17, 2020—Cerus Endovascular Ltd. announced the first robotically assisted intracranial implant of its Contour intrasaccular device. The procedure was completed by neurosurgeon Nitin Dange, MS, MBBS, at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India.

Dr. Dange treated a middle cerebral aneurysm with a 7-mm Contour device; the procedural time, including access and placement of the Contour, was 28 minutes. The Xcath microsurgical robotic device (Xcath, Inc.) was the robotic system used in this procedure.

“The device proves the test of the time, with advanced technology matching the ease of deployment and synchronizing very well with the robotic system with precision,” commented Dr. Dange in the company’s press release about Contour. “The device looks very promising for the cure of intracranial bifurcation aneurysms in the long term.”

Stephen Griffin, PhD, President of Cerus Endovascular, stated, “Given the significant advances made in robotic-assisted surgical technologies in recent years and the many advantages they bring to interventional medicine, this successful robotic-assist implant represents a significant milestone in our company’s history and should serve to expand awareness for, and use of, the Contour device.”

Dr. Griffin continued, “We recognize that not all neurovascular interventions can be displaced by robotic surgery due to the complexity of vascular and aneurysm anatomies; however this accomplishment does demonstrate promise for procedures to be performed like this in the future. The Contour device is positioned as an easy to use ‘one and done’ solution, which we believe makes this a very realistic application for robotic surgery, as Dr. Dange has clearly demonstrated.”