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Biopsy system and controller

Granted 23 Dec 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Hologic, Inc. · originally Hologic

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Inventors: Tri Pham, John Girgenti, Thomas Peter DiPersio, Miriam Sayegh · Examiner: Jennifer L Rempfer · AU 2933 · TC 2900

Application
29/911,068
filed 29 Aug 2023
Publication
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US D1107233
granted 23 Dec 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a first example of a biopsy system and controller in an environment.

FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a front view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a back view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a top view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 10 is an exploded top perspective view of the biopsy system and controller of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines depict an environment or portions of the biopsy system and controller that form no part of the claimed design.

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D24/158D24/140

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