Patents by Inventor Hologic, Inc.

Hologic, Inc. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140018607
    Abstract: A method for generating a treatment plan for therapy comprising obtaining image data representing a tissue, determining a therapy dose map comprising dose values for a plurality of dose points based on the image data, forming a desired dose value vector comprising the dose values for the plurality of dose points, determining a one or more potential therapy locations based on the image data, determining a therapy dose map equation for each of the plurality of dose points based on the one or more potential therapy locations, forming a matrix based on the therapy dose map equations for the each dose points, determining an inverse of the matrix and determining the treatment plan by multiplying the desired dose value vector by the inverse of the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: HOLOGIC, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130171672
    Abstract: Methods and products for the detection of oncofetal fibronectin indicating molecules in samples are provided. Methods for imaging of oncofetal fibronectin are provided. In some methods provided herein, the sample is treated with a reagent and/or contacted with a non-specific binder. Provided are methods for testing subjects to ascertain health and disease status and to assess the risk of developing a disease or condition. Methods for detecting the presence of oncofetal fibronectin indicating molecules by a variety of methods such as immunoassays and mass spectrometry also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hologic, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130129039
    Abstract: A system and method using an inflatable jacket over the compression paddle of a mammography and/or tomosynthesis system to enhance imaging and improve patient comfort in x-ray breast imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventor: Hologic, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130053684
    Abstract: An assembly for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a patient and a method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a patient using different MRI scanners is disclosed. In one example, the assembly includes a plurality of RF coils, wherein the RF coils are configured to be positioned adjacent to an anatomy of interest, a patient support structure configured to support of the patient, a base removably coupled to the patient support structure, the base and the patient support being configured for receipt in the bore of an MRI scanner, and an interface coupled to the plurality of RF coils and to the MRI scanner and configured to connect the plurality of RF coils and the MRI scanner and to selectively control a first RF coil and a second RF coil included in the plurality of RF coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hologic, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130028374
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventor: Hologic, Inc.