Breast examination device and method

Details Breast examination device and method Breast examination device and method

1978-05-18

1980-07-15

Little, Willis

Surgery

Truss

Pad

A61B 608, G01N 3316

Patent

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042123062

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for breast examination. A pair of spaced, transparent plates are provided between which a female breast may be gently compressed and flattened. A beam of light from a movable light source is directed through the plates and flattened breast, and the light source may be moved to sequentially illuminate substantially the entire breast between the plates. The beam of light may be view through the plates and breast to permit visual detection of areas of breast tissue having lesser transparency and which may be suggestive of tumor growth.

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patent: 3648685 (1972-03-01), Hepp et al.
patent: 3971950 (1976-07-01), Evans et al.
Cover, Table of Contents, and pp. 8 and 13 of Medical World News, Jan. 1978, McGraw Hill, Inc.

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