X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Specific application – Mammography
Patent
1990-10-02
1991-08-13
Westin, Edward P.
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Specific application
Mammography
378208, 378209, A61B 604, H05G 100
Patent
active
050401980
ABSTRACT:
A spot compression and magnification device for use with mammographic units to aid in the spot compression of a female patient's breast to obtain a high degree of focal breast compression and a high quality x-ray image of a suspicious mass within the breast. The device is positionable on the image platform of a conventional mammographic unit and has a base including an open bottom and an upstanding pedestal opening into the base, the pedestal having a flat top surface so that an air gap is provided between the top surface of the pedestal and the surface of the imaging platform. The device is constructed from a synthetic plastic material of sufficient rigidity and having low x-ray absorptivity. The base has excluded material in the form of an opening to increase the flexibility of the device to permit increased depression of the top of the pedestal facing the patient. The pedestal has a substantially truncated conical form while the base has a substantially rectangular cross sectional configuration. Three embodiments of the device are illustrated, each of which is of a substantially different size to provide different magnifications.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4156145 (1979-05-01), Weatherholt
American Mammographics, Inc.
Ruderman Alan
Westin Edward P.
Wong Don
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