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Ian Shaw — 80 Patents

HOHologic: 77 patents #4 of 450Top 1%
SFSoletanche Freyssinet: 1 patents #56 of 159Top 40%
Yorktown Heights, NY: #36 of 858 inventorsTop 5%
New York: #857 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #22,625 of 4,157,543Top 1%
80 Patents All Time
Ian Shaw has been granted 80 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hologic. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in September 2025. Ian Shaw ranks #22,625 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.54%). Patent records list Ian Shaw in Yorktown Heights, NY, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 80 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12419605 System for imaging a patient breast Kenneth F. DeFreitas 2025-09-23
12324707 Tomosynthesis-guided biopsy in prone Kenneth F. DeFreitas, John Laviola 2025-06-10
12310766 X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle Timothy R. Stango, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Jay A. Stein, Lynne Jameson-Meehan, Loren Niklason 2025-05-27
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, John Laviola, Kathleen Pickett, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Aaron Fand +1 more 2025-01-14
12196771 System for improved tissue handling and in line analysis of the tissue Jacob A. Flagle, Chia Yee Ang, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, John Laviola, Samantha Perkins +1 more 2025-01-14
12161496 X-ray scatter reducing device for use with 2D mammography and tomosynthesis Thomas Farbizio, Kenneth F. DeFreitas 2024-12-10 $40,458,000
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, Zhenxue Jing, Loren Niklason +2 more 2024-11-19 $42,323,000
12064291 Tomosynthesis-guided biopsy in prone Kenneth F. DeFreitas, John Laviola 2024-08-20 $42,683,000
12059278 X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle with an inflatable jacket enhancing imaging and improving patient comfort Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Timothy R. Stango 2024-08-13 $18,955,000
11950941 X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle Timothy R. Stango, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Jay A. Stein, Lynne Jameson-Meehan, Loren Niklason 2024-04-09 $41,350,000
11832989 Multi-position ultrasound system Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Kenneth Brooks, Jay A. Stein 2023-12-05 $17,034,000
11730442 System and method for fusing three dimensional image data from a plurality of different imaging systems for use in diagnostic imaging Kenneth F. DeFreitas 2023-08-22 $44,333,000
11701199 Needle breast biopsy system and method of use Kenneth F. DeFreitas, John Laviola, Kathleen Pickett, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Aaron Fand +1 more 2023-07-18 $22,913,000
11666296 X-ray scatter reducing device for use with 2D mammography and tomosynthesis Thomas Farbizio, Kenneth F. DeFreitas 2023-06-06 $87,268,000
11617548 Integrated multi-mode mammography/tomosynthesis x-ray system and method Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Thomas Farbizio, Baorui Ren, Christopher Ruth, Andrew P. Smith +1 more 2023-04-04 $110,178,000
11589944 Tomosynthesis-guided biopsy apparatus and method Kenneth F. DeFreitas, John Laviola 2023-02-28 $102,314,000
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, Zhenxue Jing, Loren Niklason +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, Christopher Ruth, Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein 2022-06-28 $105,652,000
11266364 X-ray scatter reducing device for use with 2D mammography and tomosynthesis Thomas Farbizio, Kenneth F. DeFreitas 2022-03-08 $50,432,000
11259759 X-ray mammography and/or breast tomosynthesis using a compression paddle Timothy R. Stango, Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Jay A. Stein, Lynne Jameson-Meehan, Loren Niklason 2022-03-01 $53,872,000
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, Zhenxue Jing, Loren Niklason +2 more 2021-12-07 $119,678,000
11096644 X-ray mammography with tomosynthesis Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Baorui Ren, Christopher Ruth, Andrew P. Smith, Jay A. Stein 2021-08-24 $147,345,000
10905385 Integrated multi-mode mammography/tomosynthesis x-ray system and method Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Thomas Farbizio, Baorui Ren, Christopher Ruth, Andrew P. Smith +1 more 2021-02-02 $179,252,000