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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:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jay A. Stein, Boston, MA (US);
Eric Von Stetten, Stow, MA (US);
Howard P. Weiss, Newton, MA (US);
John P. Fallon, Andover, MA (US);
Andrew P. Smith, Medford, MA (US);
Kevin E. Wilson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/502 ;
Abstract
A DEXA bone densitometer produces estimates of future fracture risk from a current fracture data derived from a lateral image of a patient's thoracic and lumbar spine taken in a single scan, typically with the patient on her or his side, and from numerical bone mineral density measurements.