公开(公告)号：US20220087627A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17477091

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: c/o Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Timothy R. STANGO ,  Kenneth F. DEFREITAS ,  Ian SHAW ,  Jay STEIN ,  Lynne JAMESON-MEEHAN ,  Loren NIKLASON

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/00

Abstract: An x-ray breast imaging system comprising a compression paddle in which the compression paddle comprises a front wall and a bottom wall. The front wall is configured to be adjacent and face a chest wall of a patient during imaging and the bottom wall configured to be adjacent a length of a top of a compressed breast. The bottom wall extends away from the patient's chest wall, wherein the bottom wall comprises a first portion and a second portion such that the second portion is between the front wall and the first portion. The first portion is generally non-coplanar to the second portion, wherein the compression paddle is movable along a craniocaudal axis. The x-ray breast imaging system also comprises a non-rigid jacket releasably secured to the compression paddle, the non-rigid jacket positioned between the compression paddle and the patient.

公开(公告)号：US20180125437A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15728106

申请日：2017-10-09

Applicant: HOLOGIC INC.

Inventor： Timothy R. STANGO ,  Kenneth F. DEFREITAS ,  Ian SHAW ,  Jay STEIN ,  Lynne JAMESON-MEEHAN ,  Loren NIKLASON

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02

CPC classification number: A61B6/0414 ,  A61B6/025 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/502

Abstract: An x-ray breast imaging system comprising a compression paddle in which the compression paddle comprises a front wall and a bottom wall. The front wall is configured to be adjacent and face a chest wall of a patient during imaging and the bottom wall configured to be adjacent a length of a top of a compressed breast. The bottom wall extends away from the patient's chest wall, wherein the bottom wall comprises a first portion and a second portion such that the second portion is between the front wall and the first portion. The first portion is generally non-coplanar to the second portion, wherein the compression paddle is movable along a craniocaudal axis. The x-ray breast imaging system also comprises a non-rigid jacket releasably secured to the compression paddle, the non-rigid jacket positioned between the compression paddle and the patient.