Intuitive said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the integration of the company’s Ion Endoluminal System used for robotic-assisted bronchoscopy with mobile cone-beam CT technology from Siemens Healthineers.
Siemens’ Cios Spin mobile imaging C-arm system offers integrated functionality with Ion to provide 2D and 3D imaging during interventional procedures. The companies said this helps physicians gain confidence around refining Ion’s catheter positioning and help improve biopsy tool placement.
Intuitive and Siemens added that this imaging integration could help improve the accuracy of robotic bronchoscopy procedures.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
