First robotic-guided lung ablation cases commence

First robotic-guided lung ablation cases commence as part of Intuitive collaboration agreement

Creo Medical Group plc (AIM: CREO), a medical device company focused on the emerging field of minimally invasive surgical endoscopy for pre-cancer and cancer patients, announces that the first robotic-guided microwave ablation of cancerous lung tissue cases have commenced at a leading UK hospital (the “Hospital”).

As announced in July 2024, the Company amended its multi-year collaboration with Intuitive and this latest robotic-guided microwave ablation procedure for lung cancer is the first clinical case using Intuitive’s Ion Endoluminal System and Creo’s MicroBlate™ Flex ablation device to take place under the amended terms of the agreement at the Hospital. The Hospital is now the second site to have performed microwave ablation procedures for lung cancer. The first UK site to perform such procedures was the Royal Brompton Hospital as part of an ongoing clinical study¹ conducted by Professor Shah.

The Pioneer Programme will continue to roll-out throughout 2025 to support the collection of clinical evidence ahead of the sites entering a commercial phase, and the Company expects the number of procedures performed to grow in the current year.

Craig Gulliford, Chief Executive Officer of Creo Medical, said:

"We are delighted that this first clinical site under the Pioneer Programme, representing a second UK clinical site, has started clinical practice and successfully completed their first robotic-guided lung cancer ablation procedure using Creo’s MicroBlate Flex alongside Intuitive’s Ion Endoluminal System. With both the clinical study at the Royal Brompton and this site as part of the clinical Pioneer Programme, we now have two UK hospitals undertaking these procedures. These sites, under the amended collaboration agreement with Intuitive, will provide us with the clinical evidence needed to support the wider commercialisation of the MicroBlate Flex device. We look forward to updating shareholders on our progress.”

¹ Bronchoscopic Microwave Ablation of Lung Tissue - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov