公开(公告)号：US12102486B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17578614

申请日：2022-01-19

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： John Girgenti ,  Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Thomas W. DeYoung

IPC: A61B90/17 ,  A61B5/06 ,  A61B10/00 ,  A61B10/02 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B90/00

CPC classification number: A61B90/17 ,  A61B5/062 ,  A61B5/065 ,  A61B10/0041 ,  A61B10/0275 ,  A61B17/3403 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B2010/0208 ,  A61B2017/3405 ,  A61B2090/376

Abstract: A biopsy device includes a lateral member; a gun mount configured to support a biopsy gun, the gun mount being connected to the lateral member and movable along a first axis with respect to the lateral member, and a sensor which detects a position of the gun mount along the first axis with respect to the lateral member and generates positional data which is provided to an interface module. The gun mount can also be reconfigured in orientations which are offset in a dimension which is orthogonal to the first axis, orientations rotationally offset about the first axis or an axis parallel to the first axis. The lateral member can be in right hand and left hand orientations. Various sensors detect these reconfigurations and provide corresponding data to the interface module for additional calculations and display.

公开(公告)号：US12059278B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US18130095

申请日：2023-04-03

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Ian Shaw ,  Timothy R. Stango

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/50

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

Abstract: A system and method using an inflatable jacket over the compression paddle of a mammography and/or tomosynthesis system to enhance imaging and improve patient comfort in x-ray breast imaging.

公开(公告)号：US20240245364A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18439922

申请日：2024-02-13

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Timothy R. Stango ,  Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Ian Shaw ,  Jay Stein ,  Lynne Jameson-Meehan ,  Loren Niklason

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/50

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240108296A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US18366760

申请日：2023-08-08

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Tarpit Patel ,  Alan Rego ,  Danielle Niremberg ,  Douglas Myers ,  Shusheng He

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B6/045 ,  A61B6/0414 ,  A61B6/502 ,  A61B6/025

Abstract: A breast support platform for an x-ray imaging system includes a housing having a compression plate and a front wall, and a heating system disposed at least partially within the housing. The heating system is configured to heat at least a portion of the compression plate, at least a portion of the front wall, or at least a portion of the compression plate and the front wall. In an example, the heating system includes a transparent conducting film coupled to an inner surface of the housing. In another example, the heating system includes a blower disposed at least partially within the housing, and the blower is configured to channel hot air across an inner surface of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US11730442B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US16911603

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.

Inventor： Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Ian Shaw

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/12 ,  A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B8/0825 ,  A61B6/025 ,  A61B6/0414 ,  A61B6/12 ,  A61B6/4417 ,  A61B6/463 ,  A61B6/466 ,  A61B6/469 ,  A61B6/502 ,  A61B6/5247 ,  A61B6/563 ,  A61B6/566 ,  A61B8/0841 ,  A61B8/0866 ,  A61B8/4245 ,  A61B8/4263 ,  A61B8/4416 ,  A61B8/4438 ,  A61B8/466 ,  A61B8/469 ,  A61B8/483 ,  A61B8/486 ,  A61B8/5261

Abstract: A multi-modality cancer screening and diagnosis system is provided that allows cancer screening and diagnosis of a patient using at least two different and sequential three-dimensional imaging techniques without patient repositioning. The system includes a first three-dimensional image acquisition device, a second three-dimensional image acquisition device having a probe with a transmitter mounted thereon, and a positioning paddle for positioning and immobilizing an object to be imaged during the cancer screening and diagnosis procedure. The positioning paddle is designed to facilitate visualization of the breast in both three-dimensional modalities without movement of the patient, and preferably is designed to position the patient with comfort during a diagnosis procedure which uses both imaging modalities.

公开(公告)号：USD983977S1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US29714886

申请日：2019-11-26

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Designer： Kathryn Asad ,  Mark A. Catron ,  Eric Collins ,  Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  David Gilstrap ,  Alan J. Harvey ,  Joseph Kapushion ,  Kraig J. Kruger ,  Henry Landry ,  Arnold Oyola ,  Christian M. Ulm ,  David VandeRiet ,  Samantha E. Vish ,  Joseph A. Stand, III

公开(公告)号：US20180249985A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15904689

申请日：2018-02-26

Applicant: HOLOGIC INC.

Inventor： Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Ian Shaw

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/12 ,  A61B6/04

Abstract: A multi-modality cancer screening and diagnosis system is provided that allows cancer screening and diagnosis of a patient using at least two different and sequential three-dimensional imaging techniques without patient repositioning. The system includes a first three-dimensional image acquisition device, a second three-dimensional image acquisition device having a probe with a transmitter mounted thereon, and a positioning paddle for positioning and immobilizing an object to be imaged during the cancer screening and diagnosis procedure. The positioning paddle is designed to facilitate visualization of the breast in both three-dimensional modalities without movement of the patient, and preferably is designed to position the patient with comfort during a diagnosis procedure which uses both imaging modalities.

公开(公告)号：USD750787S1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-01

申请号：US29533804

申请日：2015-07-22

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Designer： Kathryn Asad ,  Mark A. Catron ,  Eric Collins ,  Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Henry Landry ,  Samantha E. Vish

公开(公告)号：US20250032064A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18760495

申请日：2024-07-01

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Ian Shaw ,  Timothy R. Stango

IPC: A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/50

Abstract: A system and method using an inflatable jacket over the compression paddle of a mammography and/or tomosynthesis system to enhance imaging and improve patient comfort in x-ray breast imaging.

公开(公告)号：US12161496B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US18138787

申请日：2023-04-25

Applicant: Hologic, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Farbizio ,  Kenneth F. DeFreitas ,  Ian Shaw

IPC: A61B6/02 ,  A61B6/42 ,  A61B6/50 ,  A61B6/04

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing X-ray scatter during breast imaging, and more specifically during tomosynthesis imaging. In one embodiment, an anti-scatter grid having a plurality of septa may be configured to be positioned relative to an X-ray imaging device such that each septum of the plurality of septa extends along a direction substantially parallel to a coronal plane of a subject during imaging of the subject using the X-ray imaging device. The X-ray imaging device may be operable in a tomosynthesis mode for imaging of a breast of the subject and may include the anti-scatter grid disposed between a breast platform and the X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid may be configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to a sagittal plane of the subject during tomosynthesis imaging.