Lakeland Regional Health Offers

New, Advanced Lung Care Technology

February 18, 2025

Lakeland, FL — Lakeland Regional Health is now offering cutting-edge lung care and diagnosis technology with the Intuitive Ion Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy and the Siemens Cios Spin C-Arm with its 3D Cone Beam Integration Feature.

Lakeland Regional Health implemented the new robotic technology on Friday, February 14. This two pieces of technology work together to allow providers to collect lung tissue samples for biopsy in previously unreachable places, particularly in the lung’s periphery. Providers can now access small lesions in all 18 segments of the lung with even more reach, precision, and stability.

To share this innovative and exciting advancement in care for the community, Lakeland Regional Health is hosting Intuitive’s Thoracic Oncology Mobile Experience (TOME) today, February 18, for a hands-on demonstration with local Polk County high school students and medical staff until 5PM on their Medical Center campus.

The TOME is a state-of-the-art, interactive mobile educational center featuring transformative lung care technologies. The truck is a unique, 56-foot-long, 1,000-square-foot curated environment where clinical professionals educate visitors on innovative lung care technology.

About Lakeland Regional Health

Not-for-profit Lakeland Regional Health reaches beyond its hospital walls to promote wellness, education, and discovery in new places and new ways, providing a wide range of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services at its Medical Center, Hollis Cancer Center, and ambulatory care locations. Lakeland Regional Health earned Most Wired Advanced and Most Wired status ten times since 2013 and has earned workplace awards from Forbes, Gallup, and Becker’s Hospital Review. Its 910-bed comprehensive tertiary referral hospital, Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, operates the Jack and Tina Harrell Family Institute for Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine; a Level II Trauma Center; the Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children, which includes a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; the Bannasch Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation Medicine; and the Harrell Family Center for Behavioral Wellness.

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