{"entity":{"id":"leadoptik","kind":"company","name":"LEADOPTIK","aka":["Leadoptik Inc.","LEADOPTIK INC."],"tldr":"LEADOPTIK is a California company making an optical imaging tool that shows doctors in real time whether a biopsy needle is in a small lung nodule. Its aim is earlier lung cancer diagnosis.","summary":"Leadoptik Inc., of San Jose, California, states its mission as improving patient lives through early lung cancer detection. Its flagship Last Inch Assessment (LIA) technology provides real-time microstructure imaging for pulmonary imaging and biopsy; a clinical adviser quoted on its website says the company is preparing for its FDA submission. In fiscal year 2026 NCI awarded it USD 1,477,882 under SBIR grant 1R44CA314574-01 (Optical Precision Targeting for Informed Cancer biopsy), whose abstract addresses the low diagnostic yield of radial endobronchial ultrasound for peripheral lung nodules under 20 mm.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Official website","url":"https://leadoptik.com/"},{"label":"NIH RePORTER: award 1R44CA314574-01","url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11405793"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["lung-cancer"],"sections":["devices","diagnostics","early-detection"],"technologies":["optical-imaging"],"targets":[],"drugs":["leadoptik-last-inch-assessment"],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Founding year and regulatory status not stated on the website. Read on leadoptik.com and NIH RePORTER on 4 November 2026."],"hq":"San Jose, CA","country":"US","companyType":"devices","website":"https://leadoptik.com/","stage":"startup","investors":[],"funding":[{"round":"Grant","year":2026,"amountUsd":1477882,"source":"https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11405793","note":"NCI SBIR Phase II (R44) award 1R44CA314574-01: Optical Precision Targeting for Informed Cancer biopsy (OPTIC)"}]},"route":"/companies/leadoptik/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"lung-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Lung cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/lung-cancer/"}],"section":[{"id":"devices","kind":"section","name":"Devices & Physical Therapies","route":"/fronts/devices/"},{"id":"diagnostics","kind":"section","name":"Diagnostics & Biomarkers","route":"/fronts/diagnostics/"},{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"}],"technology":[{"id":"optical-imaging","kind":"technology","name":"Optical & fluorescence imaging","route":"/technologies/optical-imaging/"}],"drug":[{"id":"leadoptik-last-inch-assessment","kind":"drug","name":"Last Inch Assessment (LIA)","route":"/drugs/leadoptik-last-inch-assessment/"}]}}