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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Defreitas, Patterson, NY (US);
Alan Rego, Woodbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/0435 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compression arm device for compressing a breast in an imaging system with a compression paddle. The compression arm device includes a drive for moving the compression paddle towards the breast such that the drive provides a variable resistance during a contact of the compression paddle with the breast.