US 12,268,535 B2
Light assemblies and methods for mammography and tomosynthesis imaging systems
Timothy N. Wells, Marlborough, MA (US); Juliette Buccilli, Marlborough, MA (US); Alan Rego, Marlborough, MA (US); and Joseph Vartolone, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/279,364
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/053020
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/069031, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/736,089, filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401381 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/0492 (2013.01) [A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/107 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system comprising:
an x-ray tube head;
a support arm;
a compression system coupled to the support arm and independently rotatable relative to the x-ray tube head, wherein the compression system comprises a compression paddle, a support platform, and an x-ray receptor;
a cantilever support coupled to a patent facing surface of the support arm, the cantilever support having a length extending away from the support arm;
a face shield slidingly coupled to the cantilever support, wherein the face shield is configured to slide at least partially along the length of the cantilever support; and
a light assembly coupled to the face shield and disposed above the compression paddle, wherein the light assembly is configured to direct one or more beams of light towards the support platform, and wherein the light assembly is coupled to an inside surface of the face shield and aligned with the cantilever support.