ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,671, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Multi-position ultrasound system" was invented by Kenneth F. Defreitas (Patterson, N.Y.), Ian Shaw (Swampscott, Mass.), Kenneth Brooks (Marlborough, Mass.) and Jay A. Stein (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression assembly is coupled to the gantry of an ultrasound breast imaging system. The compression assembly includes a pair of compression paddles mounted on a positioning track. Each compression paddle houses a transducer and has a compression material surface for patient contact. A motor moves the compression paddles along the positioning track t...