Hologic, Inc. Patent Application Trends in 2025

Hologic, Inc. patent applications in 2025

Top 10 Technology Areas

• A61B6/025 ({Tomosynthesis})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20250032064. X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY AND/OR BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS USING A COMPRESSION PADDLE WITH AN INFLATABLE JACKET ENHANCING IMAGING AND IMPROVING PATIENT COMFORT (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/0414 ({with compression means})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20250032064. X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY AND/OR BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS USING A COMPRESSION PADDLE WITH AN INFLATABLE JACKET ENHANCING IMAGING AND IMPROVING PATIENT COMFORT (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/502 ({for diagnosis of breast, i.e. mammography})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20250032064. X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY AND/OR BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS USING A COMPRESSION PADDLE WITH AN INFLATABLE JACKET ENHANCING IMAGING AND IMPROVING PATIENT COMFORT (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/0435 ({with means for imaging suspended breasts})
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20250000465. BREAST COMPRESSION PADDLE UTILIZING FOAM (Hologic, Inc.)
• G06T7/0012 ({Biomedical image inspection})
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20250029237. MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/04 (Positioning of patients; Tiltable beds or the like (operating tables)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250032064. X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY AND/OR BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS USING A COMPRESSION PADDLE WITH AN INFLATABLE JACKET ENHANCING IMAGING AND IMPROVING PATIENT COMFORT (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/44 ({Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250032066. MEMBRANE-BASED BREAST COMPRESSION SYSTEMS (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/032 ({Transmission computed tomography [CT]})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250000465. BREAST COMPRESSION PADDLE UTILIZING FOAM (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/589 ({Setting distance between source unit and patient})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250000476. ANATOMIC VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/4405 ({the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250000476. ANATOMIC VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES (Hologic, Inc.)

Emerging Technology Areas

• A61B2010/045 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250009463. TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BIOPSY IN PRONE (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B10/0233 (Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy {()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250009463. TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BIOPSY IN PRONE (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/4452 ({the source unit and the detector unit being able to move relative to each other})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250009463. TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BIOPSY IN PRONE (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B6/12 (Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250009463. TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BIOPSY IN PRONE (Hologic, Inc.)
• A61B90/11 (with guides for needles or instruments, e.g. arcuate slides or ball joints)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250009463. TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BIOPSY IN PRONE (Hologic, Inc.)
• G06T2207/10116 (Image acquisition modality)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250029241. ANTHROPOMETRY BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING (Hologic, Inc.)
• G06V10/77 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250029241. ANTHROPOMETRY BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING (Hologic, Inc.)
• G06T3/06 (Topological mapping of higher dimensional structures onto lower dimensional surfaces)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250029241. ANTHROPOMETRY BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING (Hologic, Inc.)
• G06N3/0455 (Auto-encoder networks; Encoder-decoder networks)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250029241. ANTHROPOMETRY BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING (Hologic, Inc.)
• G06T2207/30096 (Subject of image; Context of image processing)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250029237. MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION (Hologic, Inc.)

Top Inventors

• Alan REGO of Woodbury CT (US) (2 patents)
• Richard Gladwin EDWARDS of Brookfield CT (US) (2 patents)
• Kenneth F. DEFREITAS of Patterson NY (US) (2 patents)
• Thomas L. KELLY of Woburn MA (US) (2 patents)
• John A. SHEPHERD of Honolulu HI (US) (2 patents)
• Kenneth F. DeFreitas of Patterson NY (US) (1 patent)
• Ian Shaw of Swampscott MA (US) (1 patent)
• Timothy R. Stango of Sandy Hook CT (US) (1 patent)
• Shawn ST. PIERRE of The Hills TX (US) (1 patent)
• Joseph VARTOLONE of Danbury CT (US) (1 patent)

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