IP Library Granted Patent US 1,121,152
Granted Patent S1
US 1,121,152 · App. 29/964,613 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Imaging system

Inventors: Timothy N. Wells (Manchester, CT); Thomas Farbizio (Hopewell Junction, NY); Kenneth F. DeFreitas (Patterson, NY); John Girgenti (New Milford, CT); Caroline Cowles (Brookfield, CT); Erwin Sahagun (Shelton, CT); Philip D. Palermo (Marietta, GA); Benjamin Bailey (Clarkston, GA); William Daniel Borzon (Stanford, CA)
Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
A61B6/0414A61B6/025A61B6/462A61B6/464A61B6/467A61B6/502A61B2562/0219A61B2562/0257
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Patent No.
US 1,121,152
App. No.
29/964,613
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an imaging system as shown and described.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 069172/0436 Recorded Apr 28, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: HOLOGIC, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 075503/0086 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.; CYTYC CORPORATION; SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; GYNESONICS, INC.; BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC; HEALTH BEACONS, INC.; HOLOGIC, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075462/0440 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2024
From: HOLOGIC, INC.; GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED; FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069172/0436 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 29854690 · Sep 27, 2022
Continuation 17278973
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