A61B 6/0435
With means for imaging suspended breasts
Official title: {with means for imaging suspended breasts}
A61B6/0435 (With means for imaging suspended breasts) appears on 224 US grants and 265 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 265
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 371
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2008 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 20 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 11 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 13 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 | 22 |
| 2021 | 8 | 18 |
| 2022 | 18 | 13 |
| 2023 | 19 | 14 |
| 2024 | 15 | 18 |
| 2025 | 21 | 26 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wide angle automatic exposure control in tomosynthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,676 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Mammography apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,733,892 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Medical apparatus for x-ray analysis having movable support for breast25 Aug 2026US 12,714,381 B2Ims Giotto S.P.A.
- Breast fixation element11 Aug 2026US 12,702,366 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- System and method for generating predicted view for improved mammography imaging system positioning14 Jul 2026US 12,678,110 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Optical system for breast x-ray computed tomography10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262944 A1Izotropic Corporation
- Breast compression and imaging systems and methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198873 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Image processing device, medical image capturing system, image processing method, and image processing program9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191491 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparatus and method of enhancing comfortability of mammogram imaging and procedures2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182938 A1Hed Compositions, LLC.
- Ergonomic improvements in cone beam breast computed tomography23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108225 A1Koning Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motorized mammographic biopsy apparatus461US 5,415,169 AFischer Imaging Corporation · 1995
- Precision mammographic needle biopsy system368US 5,078,142 AFischer Imaging Corporation · 1992
- Motorized mammographic biopsy apparatus283US 5,735,264 AFischer Imaging Corporation · 1998
- Mammographic biopsy apparatus261US 6,022,325 AFischer Imaging Corporation · 2000
- User interface system for mammographic imager242US 6,459,925 B1Fischer Imaging Corporation · 2002