ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,842, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for flexible paddle for use with a mammography system" was invented by Govindh Ramamoorthy (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible paddle which provides breast positioning assistance during mammography procedures. In one example, the flexible paddle comprises a paddle frame having a cutout at an end of each of a first arm and a second arm, the cutout extending into a width, perpendicular to a length, of each of the first arm and the second arm, and a paddle plat...