426 patents
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Apparatus and Methods to Modulate Bladder Function
9 Nov 23
Apparatus and methods are provided to concentrate energy delivery in non-superficial target tissue within a trigone region of a human bladder wall to modulate bladder function.
Dan Sachs, Edwin J. Hlavka
Filed: 11 Jul 23
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Horizontally-displaceable Foam Breast Compression Paddle
9 Nov 23
A breast compression paddle includes a bracket, a rigid substrate, and a foam compressive element.
Kenneth DeFreitas, Jay A. Stein, Alan Rego
Filed: 8 Mar 23
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Multi-modality Imaging of a Specimen
9 Nov 23
Systems and methods for multi-modality (MMI) imaging of a specimen (136) are disclosed.
Baorui REN, Jay A. STEIN
Filed: 1 Sep 21
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Photon Flux Modulation to Improve Dynamic Range In Photon Counting Detectors
9 Nov 23
Systems and methods for improving radiographic scanning.
Thomas L. KELLY, Cornell Lee WILLIAMS, Snezana BOGDANOVICH, Robert GORMAN, Marc HANSROUL
Filed: 31 Aug 21
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Controller for Imaging Apparatus
2 Nov 23
An apparatus has an upright gantry.
Suzuko Hisata, Mallory Anne Berko, Jonathan Paul Girgenti, Timothy Wells
Filed: 11 May 23
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Imaging with Curved Compression Elements
2 Nov 23
A curved compression element, such as a breast compression paddle, and imaging systems and methods for use with curved compression elements.
Timothy R. Stango, Jay A. Stein, Biao Chen, Christopher Ruth
Filed: 8 Mar 23
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Correlating Regions of Interest
2 Nov 23
Methods and systems for identifying a region of interest in breast tissue use artificial intelligence to confirm that a target lesion identified during initial imaging the breast tissue has been identified in a subsequent imaging session.
Zhenxue JING, Shawn ST. PIERRE
Filed: 26 Aug 21
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Light source for an imaging system and methods of the same
31 Oct 23
An imaging system includes a gantry and a compression system coupled to the gantry and rotatable relative to the gantry.
Adrian Hunsdon
Filed: 27 Aug 21
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System and method for generating and displaying tomosynthesis image slabs
31 Oct 23
A system for processing breast tissue images includes an image processing computer and a user interface operatively coupled to the image processing computer, wherein the image processing computer is configured to obtain image data of breast tissue, processing the image data to generate a set of reconstructed image slices, the reconstructed image slices collectively depicting the breast tissue, process respective subsets of the reconstructed image slices to generate a set of image slabs, each image slab comprising a synthesized 2D image of a portion of the breast tissue obtained from a respective subset of the set of reconstructed image slices.
Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Haili Chui, Xiangwei Zhang
Filed: 20 Jul 22
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Breast Compression and Imaging Systems and Methods
19 Oct 23
A compression paddle with a plurality of markers is advanced towards a patient's breast which has been positioned on a support platform for an imaging procedure.
Shawn ST. PIERRE, Alan Rego, Richard Gladwin Edwards, Joseph Vartolone, Timothy Wells
Filed: 9 May 23
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Electrosurgical Sealer and Divider
19 Oct 23
An electrosurgical instrument has a movable tissue cutting mechanism, a shaft housing at least a portion of the movable tissue cutting mechanism, and a pair of opposing jaws rotatable relative to the shaft.
Joseph D. Bucciaglia, Dale Schmaltz, Jenifer Kennedy, Casey Kuchta, Andrew Christoffersen, Christopher Deborski
Filed: 21 Jun 23
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Contrast-enhanced tomosynthesis with a copper filter
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods for tomosynthesis with an x-ray filter are disclosed.
Helmut Hartig
Filed: 17 May 21
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Fundus Bumper Mechanical Reference for Easier Mechanism Deployment
12 Oct 23
Intrauterine devices and methods for facilitating deployment thereof using a bumper are disclosed.
Thomas C. Kochem, Daniel A. Beaudet
Filed: 9 Jun 23
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Marking device and implantation system
10 Oct 23
Marking device (100) for implantation into a tissue (260), having a support structure (102) which is formed by at least one elastic metal wire, is compressible and is self-expanding and which, in an expanded state, encompasses an interior space (104), characterized in that the marking device (100) is designed to transform itself on its own from a compressed state into an expanded state, even against a tissue pressure prevailing at a tissue site to be marked, and the marking device (100) in the expanded state has a hollow, approximately spherical shape.
Dirk Hornscheidt, Tobias Jankowski
Filed: 15 Nov 21
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Staple Cartridge and Methods for Surgical Staplers
5 Oct 23
A cartridge assembly for a surgical stapler has a first cartridge portion, a second cartridge portion, and a housing.
Richard N. Granger, Allison B. Lyle, Joseph D. Bucciaglia
Filed: 7 Jun 23
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User interface for medical image review workstation
3 Oct 23
Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling display of different types of medical images and providing touchscreen interfaces for display on a mobile communication device and associated with different image types, e.g., different imaging modalities or different view modes.
Julian Marshall, Brian T. Matuska, Chinghsiang Chang, Edgar W. Chen
Filed: 2 Jul 15
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Membrane-based Breast Compression Systems
28 Sep 23
A bracket body releasably secures a compression element to the compression arm of a breast imaging system.
Alan REGO, Joseph VARTOLONE
Filed: 11 May 23
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Measuring Intramuscular Fat
28 Sep 23
Dual-energy absorptiometry is used to estimate intramuscular adipose tissue metrics and display results, preferably as related to normative data.
Thomas L. Kelly, Kevin E. Wilson
Filed: 9 Mar 23
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Waste evacuation apparatus for an automated specimen preparation system
26 Sep 23
An automated specimen preparation system for preparing a specimen from a sample in a sample container is provided.
Raymond Jenoski, Eric Grimes
Filed: 29 Aug 18
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Independently rotatable detector plate for medical imaging device
19 Sep 23
A real-time fluoroscopic imaging system includes a collimator and a detector which are rotationally movable independent of the support assembly, e.g., c-arm, to which they are mounted.
John Jenkins, Mark Guetersloh, Aleksey Danilkin, Tri Pham
Filed: 25 Mar 22