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Christopher Ruth — 81 Patents

HOHologic: 67 patents #5 of 450Top 2%
ANAnalogic: 11 patents #22 of 216Top 15%
UPUniversity of Pennsylvania: 1 patents #1,260 of 2,719Top 50%
Marlborough, MA: #5 of 796 inventorsTop 1%
Massachusetts: #405 of 88,656 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #22,096 of 4,157,543Top 1%
81 Patents All Time
Christopher Ruth has been granted 81 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hologic. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in October 2025. Christopher Ruth ranks #22,096 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.53%). Patent records list Christopher Ruth in Marlborough, MA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 81 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12446843 Imaging with curved compression elements Timothy R. Stango, Jay A. Stein, Binqiang Chen 2025-10-21
12295771 Systems and methods for measuring deflection of foam breast compression paddle Baorui Ren, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Alan Rego, Andrew P. Smith, Zhenxue Jing +1 more 2025-05-13
12239471 System and method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein, Zhenxue Jing, Baorui Ren, Loren Niklason +1 more 2025-03-04
12193886 Needle breast biopsy system and method of use Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Ian Shaw, John Laviola, Kathleen Pickett, Nikolaos Gkanatsios +1 more 2025-01-14
12183309 System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Xiangwei Zhang +4 more 2024-12-31 $40,400,000
12144668 Upright x-ray breast imaging with a CT mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein, Ken Defreitas, Ian Shaw, Zhenxue Jing +2 more 2024-11-19 $42,323,000
11992352 Imaging with curved compression elements Timothy R. Stango, Jay A. Stein, Biao Chen 2024-05-28 $37,289,000
11837197 System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Xiangwei Zhang +4 more 2023-12-05 $17,034,000
11701199 Needle breast biopsy system and method of use Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Ian Shaw, John Laviola, Kathleen Pickett, Nikolaos Gkanatsios +1 more 2023-07-18 $22,913,000
11633164 Imaging with curved compression elements Timothy R. Stango, Jay A. Stein, Biao Chen 2023-04-25 $101,791,000
11617548 Integrated multi-mode mammography/tomosynthesis x-ray system and method Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Thomas Farbizio, Baorui Ren, Ian Shaw, Andrew P. Smith +1 more 2023-04-04 $110,178,000
11508340 System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang +4 more 2022-11-22 $35,702,000
11478206 X-ray breast tomosynthesis enhancing spatial resolution including in the thickness direction of a flattened breast Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Ian Shaw, Zhenxue Jing +2 more 2022-10-25 $47,924,000
11406332 System and method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein, Zhenxue Jing, Baorui Ren, Loren Niklason +1 more 2022-08-09 $97,155,000
11372534 Image handling and display in x-ray mammography and tomosynthesis Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Loren Niklason, Ian Shaw, Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein 2022-06-28 $105,652,000
11191502 Upright x-ray breast imaging with a CT mode, multiple tomosynthesis modes, and a mammography mode Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein, Ken Defreitas, Ian Shaw, Zhenxue Jing +2 more 2021-12-07 $119,678,000
11096644 X-ray mammography with tomosynthesis Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Baorui Ren, Ian Shaw, Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein 2021-08-24 $147,345,000
11090017 Generating synthesized projection images for 3D breast tomosynthesis or multi-mode x-ray breast imaging Yiheng Zhang, Zhenxue Jing 2021-08-17 $148,247,000
10978026 System and method for generating a 2D image using mammography and/or tomosynthesis image data Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang +4 more 2021-04-13 $78,698,000
10905385 Integrated multi-mode mammography/tomosynthesis x-ray system and method Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Thomas Farbizio, Baorui Ren, Ian Shaw, Andrew P. Smith +1 more 2021-02-02 $179,252,000
10888292 Imaging with curved compression elements Timothy R. Stango, Jay A. Stein, Biao Chen 2021-01-12 $80,748,000
10792003 X-ray breast tomosynthesis enhancing spatial resolution including in the thickness direction of a flattened breast Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein, Ken Defreitas, Ian Shaw, Zhenxue Jing +2 more 2020-10-06 $131,109,000
10719223 Image handling and display in X-ray mammography and tomosynthesis Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Loren Niklason, Ian Shaw, Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein 2020-07-21 $105,115,000
10679095 Matching geometry generation and display of mammograms and tomosynthesis images Baorui Ren, Andrew P. Smith, Kevin Wilson, Jay A. Stein 2020-06-09 $87,994,000
10638994 X-ray mammography with tomosynthesis Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Baorui Ren, Ian Shaw, Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein 2020-05-05 $81,822,000