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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Suzuko Hisata, Marlborough, MA (US);
Mallory Anne Berko, Marlborough, MA (US);
Jonathan Paul Girgenti, Marlborough, MA (US);
Timothy Wells, Marlborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/462 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/107 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus has an upright gantry. A tube arm assembly and a compression arm assembly are rotatably coupled to the gantry. The tube arm assembly independently rotates relative to the compression arm assembly. A controller disposed on the gantry is operably connected to at least one of the tube arm assembly and the compression arm assembly.