US 12,226,244 B2
Systems and methods for visualizing below an opaque compression paddle
Jeffrey Harold Paige, Wallkill, NY (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/453,480.
Application 18/453,480 is a continuation of application No. 17/969,863, filed on Oct. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,864,933.
Application 17/969,863 is a continuation of application No. 17/214,178, filed on Mar. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,627,921, issued on Apr. 18, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,801, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173004 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/0414 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying an image of a breast in a breast immobilization system having a breast support platform and an immobilization paddle, the method comprising:
supporting the breast on the beast support platform;
imaging at least a portion of the supported breast with at least one camera; and
displaying at least a portion of the image by projecting the image to a surface, wherein the image is a moving image.