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It features a balloon\u2010less design, flexible distal tip, improved angulation, and reduced outer diameter, though clinical experience remains limited. Here we report our initial experience using the EB\u2010710US for EBUS\u2010guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS\u2010TBNA) and endoscopic ultrasound\u2010guided fine\u2010needle aspiration via the bronchus (EUS\u2010B\u2010FNA). An 86\u2010year\u2010old man with mediastinal lymphadenopathy underwent EBUS\u2010TBNA of a left lower paratracheal lymph node (station #4L). Adequate lesion contact and stable needle aspiration were achieved without a balloon, enabling successful tissue collection and adenocarcinoma diagnosis. A 73\u2010year\u2010old man required a re\u2010biopsy for a multiplex driver mutation test, and EUS\u2010B\u2010FNA of lymph node #8 was performed using a novel bronchoscope. 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