US 11,737,717 B2
Systems and methods for guiding a patient during imaging procedures
John W. Robinson, Bethel, CT (US); Kenneth Defreitas, Patterson, NY (US); Adrian Hunsdon, Southbury, CT (US); Rachel Chandler, Newark, DE (US); Ashwini Kshirsagar, Santa Clara, CA (US); David Wolff, Hockessin, DE (US); and Alan Rego, Woodbury, CT (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,452.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,248, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087629 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/46 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/548 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of imaging a breast of a patient using an imaging system, the method comprising:
applying, with a first component of the imaging system, a compressive force to the breast;
positioning a second component of the imaging system in a start position;
sending, from the imaging system, a first guidance signal;
performing an imaging procedure of the breast with the second component of the imaging system; and
subsequent to performing the imaging procedure, sending a second guidance signal.