Patent ID: 11950941
Assignee: HOLOGIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A compression paddle for an x-ray breast imaging system, the compression paddle comprising an injection molded body, the body including:
a bottom wall extending between a pair of spaced apart side walls;
a front wall extending in an upward direction from the bottom wall; and
a rear wall extending in the upward direction from the bottom wall and opposite the front wall,
wherein the body has a cross-sectional profile that is parallel to the front wall, in the cross-sectional profile the bottom wall has a bottom surface and at least a portion of the bottom surface is concave, the concavity of the bottom surface defined with a radius of curvature and a curvature extending in a direction that is between the pair of side walls, and wherein the radius of curvature of the entire bottom wall is non-uniform in a direction that is between the front wall and the rear wall.