Body Vision Medical and Serpex Medical are touting a lung nodule biopsy procedure that showed success in diagnosing a small peripheral nodule in the right lower lobe of a patient's lung.
The procedure uses Serpex's Compass steerable needle guided by Body Vision's LungVision interoperative CT imaging system. The procedure was performed at the Cleveland Clinic by Dr. Michael Machuzak.
LungVision uses artificial intelligence (AI) to transform x-ray images from any C-arm into real-time, intraoperative CT scans. Serpex's suite of steerable endobronchial instruments meanwhile offer articulation at the distal tip to enable active steering of the instrument, the two firms said.
![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)
