US Patent Issued to Hologic on Aug. 26 for "Systems and methods for confirming tissue specimens removed using contrast-enhanced x-ray imaging" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,693, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for confirming tissue specimens removed using contrast-enhanced x-ray imaging" was invented by David Wolff (Marlborough, Mass.) and Stewart Schiffman (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For a biopsy guided by contrast-enhanced x-ray imaging, a breast imaging system may image a patient's breast subsequent to injection of contrast agent to locate a site for biopsy and/or position a biopsy device relative to the site. Once a tissue specimen is removed from the site for diagnostic evaluation, a confirmation that the specimen was...