# Navigation Sciences

Source: https://onco.cc/companies/navigation-sciences/  
OnCo record `navigation-sciences` (Company). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

Navigation Sciences is developing the NaviSci system, which tracks a small lung tumour in real time during keyhole surgery so the surgeon can remove it with a safe margin. It is an investigational device.

## Summary

Navigation Sciences, Inc. is developing the NaviSci system to locate and remove soft tissue cancers, starting with small lung nodules; the company says the system has completed a clinical feasibility trial and labels it an investigational device. The NIH RePORTER abstract describes real-time navigation to localise non-palpable nodules and resect them with sufficient margins during sublobar resection such as segmentectomy. In fiscal year 2026 NCI awarded it USD 181,271 under STTR award 5R41CA306611-02.

## Fields

- Kind: Company
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Navigation Sciences, Inc.
- HQ: Brookline, MA
- Type: devices
- Website: https://navigationsci.com/

## Notes

- The website refused a scripted read; its text was read through a page fetch on 4 November 2026, with NIH RePORTER.

## Sources

- Official website: https://navigationsci.com/
- NIH RePORTER: STTR award 5R41CA306611-02: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11417942

## Connected records

- cancers: [Lung cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/lung-cancer/)
- fronts: [Devices & Physical Therapies](https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- drugs: [NaviSci system](https://onco.cc/drugs/navisci-system/)

---
JSON: https://onco.cc/api/v1/entities/navigation-sciences.json