US 12,419,605 B2
System for imaging a patient breast
Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Patterson, NY (US); and Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,924.
Application 18/343,924 is a continuation of application No. 16/911,603, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,730,442.
Application 16/911,603 is a continuation of application No. 15/904,689, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,729,403, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Application 15/904,689 is a continuation of application No. 13/325,495, filed on Dec. 14, 2011, granted, now 9,901,320, issued on Feb. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/422,991, filed on Dec. 14, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0355203 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/0825 (2013.01) [A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 6/563 (2013.01); A61B 6/566 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/0866 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/4263 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/4438 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/486 (2013.01); A61B 8/5261 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A system for imaging a patient breast, the system comprising:
an imaging gantry comprising a compression arm; and
a positioning paddle adapted to position the breast for the imaging, wherein the positioning paddle includes:
a base coupled to the compression arm, the base having opposing first and second sidewalls and a front wall extending therebetween, the front wall opposite of the compression arm;
a pair of opposing arms, wherein each of a first arm and a second arm of the pair of opposing arms comprises a first end pivotably coupled to the base and a second end disposed distal from the first end, wherein the first end of the first arm is pivotably coupled to the first sidewall of the base and the first end of the second arm is pivotably coupled to the second sidewall of the base such that each of the first and second arms are pivotable along a plane that is parallel to the first and second sidewalls, and wherein the front wall of the base is disposed between the pair of opposing arms;
a material spanning the first arm and the second arm, wherein at least one of the first arm and the second arm are rotatable so as to adjust a tension of the material spanning the first arm and the second arm; and
a dial to provide an adjustment to a tightness of the material, the tightness of the material being in a direction between the first arm and the second arm, wherein the dial is disposed on the base of the positioning paddle.