US Patent Issued to Hologic on Dec. 16 for "Systems and methods for lateral treatments of the breast" (Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,027, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for lateral treatments of the breast" was invented by Kenneth F. Defreitas (Patterson, N.Y.), John Girgenti (New Milford, Conn.) and Thomas Peter Dipersio (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter for securing a biopsy guidance module to a breast imaging system includes an adapter body which includes a first side and an opposite second side. An armature extends from the first side of the body. A latch mechanism is disposed proximate an end of the armature distal from the first side of the body. The latch mechanism includes an adapt...