US Patent Issued to Hologic on May 27 for "X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle" (Idaho, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,766, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle" was invented by Timothy R. Stango (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Kenneth F. DeFreitas (Patterson, N.Y.), Ian Shaw (Swampscott, Mass.), Jay Stein (Boston), Lynne Jameson-Meehan (Melrose, Mass.) and Loren Niklason (Tetonia, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An x-ray breast imaging system comprising a compression paddle in which the compression paddle comprises a front wall and a bottom wall. The front wall is configured to be adjacent and face a chest wall of a patient during imaging and the bott...