{"entity":{"id":"quantum-surgical","kind":"company","name":"Quantum Surgical","aka":[],"tldr":"Quantum Surgical builds Epione, a robot that helps doctors guide needles through the skin to destroy liver and other tumours with heat or cold, making a minimally invasive treatment more precise and easier for less experienced operators.","summary":"Quantum Surgical, founded in Montpellier in 2017 by Bertin Nahum and the team behind neurosurgical robotics company Medtech, develops the Epione robotic platform for percutaneous tumour ablation. Epione combines CT-based planning, robotic needle positioning and post-ablation margin confirmation to standardise minimally invasive ablation of early-stage tumours that are inoperable or hard to reach. It is CE marked for abdominal, thoracic and musculoskeletal indications and FDA cleared for abdominal ablation; the company reports more than 1,800 patients treated and over 20 cancer centre installations. In February 2026 Quantum Surgical acquired NeuWave Medical, Inc., the microwave ablation company used in about 70 percent of top US cancer centres; both now operate as subsidiaries of the new parent Precision IO Group Inc., led by CEO Kurt Azarbarzin. The same month it joined the EU-funded PreciseOnco consortium (EUR 23.9 million).","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Official website","url":"https://www.quantumsurgical.com/"},{"label":"About Quantum Surgical","url":"https://www.quantumsurgical.com/about-quantum"},{"label":"Acquisition of NeuWave Medical (Feb 2026)","url":"https://www.quantumsurgical.com/news/quantum-surgical-acquires-of-neuwave-medical-inc"},{"label":"PreciseOnco EU project (Feb 2026)","url":"https://www.quantumsurgical.com/news/quantum-surgical-at-the-heart-of-a-eu14-9-million-european-project-for-precision-cancer-treatment"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["hcc","colorectal","rcc"],"sections":["surgery","devices"],"technologies":["robotic-surgery","thermal-ablation","ct"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Venture rounds (Quantum Surgical is known to have raised private capital, including from Ally Bridge Group) could not be sourced from fetched pages; Ally Bridge Group is listed as an investor only because its founder appears on the board page. Stage 'growth' reflects a commercial-stage company now held by a new parent, Precision IO Group; not marked 'acquired' because the parent was created around it. NeuWave deal value not disclosed. Liver, colorectal metastasis and kidney cancers are inferred from ablation indications rather than stated on fetched pages."],"hq":"Montpellier","country":"FR","companyType":"devices","website":"https://www.quantumsurgical.com/","founded":2017,"stage":"growth","investors":[],"funding":[{"round":"Grant","year":2026,"source":"https://www.quantumsurgical.com/news/quantum-surgical-at-the-heart-of-a-eu14-9-million-european-project-for-precision-cancer-treatment","note":"PreciseOnco consortium (with Philips, IGEA, EIBIR and CIRSE) awarded EUR 14.9 million public funding from the EU Innovative Health Initiative plus EUR 9 million in-kind, EUR 23.9 million total; Quantum Surgical's own share is not stated"}]},"route":"/companies/quantum-surgical/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"},{"id":"hcc","kind":"cancer","name":"Hepatocellular carcinoma","route":"/cancers/hcc/"},{"id":"rcc","kind":"cancer","name":"Renal cell carcinoma","route":"/cancers/rcc/"}],"section":[{"id":"devices","kind":"section","name":"Devices & Physical Therapies","route":"/fronts/devices/"},{"id":"surgery","kind":"section","name":"Surgery & Interventional","route":"/fronts/surgery/"}],"technology":[{"id":"ct","kind":"technology","name":"CT (computed tomography)","route":"/technologies/ct/"},{"id":"robotic-surgery","kind":"technology","name":"Robotic & minimally invasive surgery","route":"/technologies/robotic-surgery/"},{"id":"thermal-ablation","kind":"technology","name":"Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo)","route":"/technologies/thermal-ablation/"}]}}