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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth DeFreitas, Patterson, NY (US);
Thomas Farbizio, Newton, CT (US);
Baorui Ren, Andover, MA (US);
Christopher Ruth, Boxford, MA (US);
Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Jay Stein, Boston, 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 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/107 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for multi-mode breast x-ray imaging which comprises a compression arm assembly for compressing and immobilizing a breast for x-ray imaging, an x-ray tube assembly, and an x-ray image receptor is provided. The system is configured for a plurality of imaging protocols and modes.