US Patent Issued on March 24 for "Apparatus and method of enhancing comfortability of mammogram imaging and procedures" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,365, issued on March 24.

"Apparatus and method of enhancing comfortability of mammogram imaging and procedures" was invented by Anne Hed (North Oaks, Minn.) and Rebecca Hed (North Oaks, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breast rest for a mammography device includes a front panel on a patient-facing side of the breast rest and a top panel having a concavity configured to accommodate a breast of a patient. A transition from the front panel to the top panel can be curved. The breast rest can be included in the mammography device. The breast rest can further include side panels. The breast rest can further include an open end to re...