Contour Neurovascular System

2020: The announcement of Contour Neurovascular System - the intra cranial implant implanted by the robot

In the middle of December, 2020 the Californian company Cerus Endovascular announced creation of the first intra cranial implant of Contour implanted by a robotic system. The first-ever operation of this kind was performed by doctor Nitin Dange in Memorial hospital of the king Eduard in Mumbai.

The doctor Dang executed transaction on aneurysm of an average brain artery using the Contour device. All procedure, including ensuring surgical access and installation of an implant, took only 28 minutes. As a robotic system the doctor Dang used the microsurgical robot made by Xcath company.

Contour Neurovascular System represents the unique device for intra vascular access as influences an aneurysm neck far from a vulnerable dome. A system is capable to be fixed independently in a vessel, providing exact and stable placement.

Contour Neurovascular System

This device combines simplicity of deployment, synchronization with a robotic system and positioning pinpoint accuracy, - the doctor Dang in the press release noted. It is very promising tool for treatment of aneurysm of intra cranial bifurcation in the long term.

The president of Cerus Endovascular doctor Stephen Griffin added that creation of this auxiliary robotic implant represents an important milestone in the history of surgical robotics.

We understand that not all neuro and vascular interventions can be replaced with robotic surgery because of difficult anatomy of vessels and aneurysms, however this achievement reflects perspectives of application of similar procedures in the future. The implant of Contour is very simple in use and can become an important contribution to robotic vascular surgery.[1]

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