US Patent Issued to Hologic on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for determining performance of a breast compression paddle" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,564, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for determining performance of a breast compression paddle" was invented by Guoyun Ru (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining performance characteristics of a breast compression paddle utilized in a breast imaging system includes receiving a force application signal, wherein the force application signal is associated with an application of a compressive force by the breast imaging system with the breast compression paddle to a breast of a patient. The method applies the force application signal to an algori...