# Quantum Surgical: company

Canonical ID: `cb6a0ecc-6b4d-486d-9356-ea9c928ba0ed`

## Key facts

- **FDA cleared:** abdominal ablation indication
- **CE marked:** abdomen, chest, musculoskeletal
- **Acquired NeuWave Medical:** Feb 2026
- **CEO:** Bertin Nahum (President & Co-founder)
- **Group CEO:** Kurt Azarbarzin (Precision IO Group, appointed Feb 2026)
- **Co-founders:** Bertin Nahum, Fernand Badano, Lucien Blondel, Sophie Roca
- **Total funding:** approx 90M USD (50M EUR equity + 30M EUR EIB loan)
- **FDA clearance:** 510(k) K223758 for abdominal tumor ablation
- **CE mark:** abdomen, lung, and musculoskeletal indications
- **Parent company:** Precision IO Group Inc. (since Feb 2026)
- **Patients treated:** 1400+ (as of 2026)

- **Slug:** quantum-surgical
- **Founded:** 2017
- **HQ:** Montpellier, France
- **Funding total (USD):** 86923000

## Models

- [Epione](/models/epione.md) (surgical) (id: `ba28973f-6a33-4cce-a22f-d34a99443937`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [Bertin Nahum](/people/bertin-nahum.md) President & Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)
- [Kurt Azarbarzin](/people/kurt-azarbarzin.md) CEO, Precision IO Group (_reported, not verified_)
- [Lucien Blondel](/people/lucien-blondel.md) CTO & Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)
- [Fernand Badano](/people/fernand-badano.md) Managing Director & Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (3)

- [Bertin Nahum](/people/bertin-nahum.md) (cofounder)
- [Lucien Blondel](/people/lucien-blondel.md) (cofounder)
- [Fernand Badano](/people/fernand-badano.md) (cofounder)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Quantum Surgical x NeuWave Medical](/partnerships/quantum-surgical-x-neuwave-medical.md) with NeuWave Medical, Precision IO Group _investment_

## Supplies to

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## Incidents affecting Quantum Surgical (3)

- [FDA clears Quantum Surgical Epione robot for abdominal tumor ablation](/incidents/regulatory-action-2025-03-26-quantum-surgical.md), 2025-03-26 · Regulatory action
- [FDA Class 2 recall of Epione needle guide component due to rust](/incidents/recall-2024-08-05-quantum-surgical.md), 2024-08-05 · Recall
- [Patient death during Epione-assisted liver cancer ablation procedure in France](/incidents/fatality-2023-11-10-quantum-surgical.md), 2023-11-10 · Fatality

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## Sources (1)

1. https://www.quantumsurgical.com/news/fda-clears-quantum-surgicals-epione-robot-for-all-abdominal-cancers

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