By Linda Satter
Doctors at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently activated the first lung biopsy robot in Arkansas. The robot allows doctors to discover and biopsy previously undetectable cancerous nodules in the far reaches of the lungs.
“This enables us to visualize and precisely biopsy lung nodules so we can catch lung cancer in its early stages and increase survival rates,” said Nikhil Meena, M.D., an interventional pulmonologist and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
The Ion Endoluminal Robotic Bronchoscopy System, made by Intuitive, was used at UAMS for the first time on Sept. 14, enabling Meena to find early cancerous nodules in the lungs of two patients.
The Ion Endoluminal Robotic Bronchoscopy System made by Intuitive Image by Intuitive
