US 11,751,824 B2
Breast compression paddle utilizing foam
Kenneth F. Defreitas, Marlborough, MA (US); Alan Rego, Marlborough, MA (US); Richard Gladwin Edwards, Marlborough, MA (US); Zhenxue Jing, Marlborough, MA (US); Jay A. Stein, Marlborough, MA (US); Diane Conlin, Marlborough, MA (US); and Timothy N. Wells, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,369.
Application 17/814,369 is a division of application No. 16/981,934, granted, now 11,426,132, previously published as PCT/US2019/033998, filed on May 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/814,041, filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,771, filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/676,609, filed on May 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361828 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/0414 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0435 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breast compression paddle comprising:
a bracket for removably securing the breast compression paddle to an imaging system;
a rigid substrate secured to the bracket;
a foam secured to the rigid substrate; and
an accessory comprising at least one of (a) a measuring device configured to move relative to the rigid substrate and (b) a removable portion of foam.