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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2007
Applicants:

Kenneth F. Defreitas, Patterson, NY (US);

Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

John Laviola, Orange, CT (US);

Loren Thomas Niklason, Hillsborough, NC (US);

Tao Wu, Brookfield, CT (US);

Joseph L. Mark, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Michael E. Miller, Trafalgar, IN (US);

Jay A. Stein, Boston, MA (US);

Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Patterson, NY (US);

Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

John Laviola, Orange, CT (US);

Loren Thomas Niklason, Hillsborough, NC (US);

Tao Wu, Brookfield, CT (US);

Joseph L. Mark, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Michael E. Miller, Trafalgar, IN (US);

Jay A. Stein, Boston, MA (US);

Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.


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