Cerus Endovascular announced today that it received FDA investigational device exemption for a trial for its Contour Neurovascular System. Fremont, Calif.–based Cerus’ Contour Neurovascular System is designed to treat intracranial aneurysms. Its creators made it of fine mesh braid to target the neck of the aneurysm away from the vulnerable dome. It’s possible to self-anchor […]
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Cerus Endovascular neurovascular system wins FDA breakthrough device designation
Cerus Endovascular today said it has received FDA breakthrough device designation for its Contour Neurovascular System. The Contour Neurovascular System is designed to treat intracranial aneurysms. It is made of fine mesh braid to target the neck of the aneurysm away from the vulnerable dome. It can be self-anchored for stability, is re-sheathable for precise […]
Cerus announces first robot-assisted intracranial implant
Cerus Endovascular announced that it completed the first robot-assisted intracranial implant of its Contour intrasaccular device. Fremont, Calif.-based Cerus said in a news release that the procedure was the first-ever robotically assisted intracranial implant of the Contour device. It was completed at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai by Dr. Nitin Dange. Dr. Dange […]
Cerus Endovascular and Balt partnered to deliver Contour Neurovascular System in Germany
Cerus Endovascular and Balt this week announced a strategic distribution agreement to provide AB Medica with the exclusive rights to market and sell the Countour Neurovascular System and the Neqstent Coil Assisted Flow Diverter devices. The distribution agreement is currently limited to Germany. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. “Our partnership with […]
Cerus Endovascular wins CE mark approval for Contour Neurovascular System
Cerus Endovascular today said it received CE mark approval for its 021 Contour Neurovascular System. The system is compatible with smaller commercially available 021 microcatheters to treat saccular intracranial aneurysms. It features a fine mesh braid that is deployed across the next of the aneurysm sac for flow diversion and flow disruption in a single […]
Cerus Endovascular receives CE Mark for aneurysm treatment
Cerus Endovascular announced today that it won CE Mark approval for its Contour neurovascular system for treating intracranial aneurysms. The Contour system is a mesh braid designed to be deployed across the neck of an aneurysm sac, providing flow diversion and flow disruption in combination through a single device implant. Contour is also designed to […]
Cerus Endovascular tops $5m funding goal, raises target to $20m
Cerus Endovascular raised its fundraising goal to $20 million this week after it pushed past its previous $5 million target by about $900,000, according to a regulatory filing. The Oxford, U.K.-based company is developing the Contour neurovascular system, which is designed to reduce the risk of rupture when treating patients with intracranial aneurysms. The Contour […]
Cerus Endovascular starts European trial of intracranial aneurysm device
Cerus Endovascular said it has enrolled the first patients in a study designed to assess the safety of the company’s Contour neurovascular system, which is designed to reduce the risk of rupture when treating patients with intracranial aneurysms. Intracranial aneurysms occur at the rate of nine per 100,000 with a wide range; in some countries, the rate is […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: April 27, 2018
From DuPuy Synthes’s spinal implant launch to Lumendi’s FDA clearance, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. DePuy Synthes launches spinal implants DePuy Synthes announced in an April 26 press release that it has launched its Proti 360º integrated titanium family of interbody devices that are designed […]
Cerus Endo wins CE Mark for Contour neurovascular aneurysm system
Updated to correct that the company is Cerus Endovascular, with no relation to Cerus Corp. Cerus Endovascular said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Contour neurovascular system designed for treating intra-cranial aneurysms. The Fremont, Calif.-based company said the Contour system is designed with a fine mesh braid deployed at the […]
