US Patent Issued to Hologic on Aug. 18 for "Ultrasound localization system with advanced biopsy site markers" (Massachusetts, Texas, New Hampshire, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,454, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Ultrasound localization system with advanced biopsy site markers" was invented by John Laviola (Madison, Conn.), Shawn St. Pierre (The Hills, Texas), Brian Stellmach (Marlborough, Mass.), Lori Fontaine (Marlborough, Mass.), Joseph A. Stand III (Holden, Mass.), Estefania Alvarez (Marlborough, Mass.), Stephen Grantz (Pelham, N.H.), Michelle Dawn Lyman (Framingham, Mass.), Shannon Marie Butler (Marlborough, Mass.) and Yuliya Mathis (Framingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as localization markers during a sur...