Zap Surgical Systems has announced that its Zap-Axon radiosurgery planning system has received both US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and European CE-mark certification—regulatory milestones that authorise clinical use of Zap-Axon throughout the USA and EU.
Dedicated exclusively to cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), Zap-Axon is intended to eliminate the “time-consuming and cumbersome” interfaces of multi-purpose planning software originally developed for full-body applications and diverse radiation delivery techniques. According to a company press release, Zap-Axon delivers “a focused, intuitive environment where sophisticated data visualisation meets seamless usability, empowering clinicians to plan radiosurgery cases with greater efficiency and clarity”.
Zap-Axon was developed in parallel with the company’s Zap-X gyroscopic radiosurgery platform, enabling “seamless integration between planning and delivery for enhanced workflow efficiency and treatment precision”, Zap also claims.
“By eliminating unnecessary complexity and clutter, Zap-Axon’s streamlined interface allows clinicians to quickly master advanced radiosurgery planning—without the complicated navigation common in legacy systems,” said John Adler, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Zap. “Zap-Axon gives clinicians a clean, focused environment where advanced radiosurgery planning becomes second nature.”
Central to Zap-Axon’s innovation is a Krylov quadratic optimiser that enhances treatment quality and helps to safeguard critical brain structures by enabling clinicians to rapidly generate and compare multiple candidate plans. That is according to a Zap press release, which also states that “what once took 20 minutes can now be achieved in just 30–45 seconds, allowing for far more thorough plan evaluation and refinement”.
“As the first system in its field built entirely on modern web technologies, Zap-Axon is uniquely positioned to rapidly integrate and fully harness the power of AI [artificial intelligence],” commented Alex Maslowski, vice president of software at Zap. “We’re witnessing the beginning of an entirely new generation in high-precision radiosurgery planning.”
