Pads for mammography and methods for making and using them

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A - Human Necessities

61

B

A61B 6/04 (2006.01) G03B 42/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2583597

A compression device includes a frame mountable to a mammography unit that includes a window disposed within an x-ray field of the mammography unit when the frame is mounted to the mammography unit, and a radiolucent compressible member connectable to the frame across the window for providing a compression surface within the x-ray field. For example, the compressible member may include a rigid backing member and a radiolucent pad, e.g., a gel pad, on the backing member. The backing member and frame may include tongue and groove or other connectors for connecting the compressible member to the frame. Optionally, one or more thin, radiolucent films may be removable from the compressible member, e.g., after obtaining x-rays from successive individual patients.

L'invention concerne un dispositif de compression comprenant un châssis pouvant être fixé sur un mammographe comprenant une fenêtre placée devant le champ radiographique du mammographe, et un élément compressible radiotransparent pouvant être couplé avec le châssis devant la fenêtre de manière à former un surface de compression dans le champ radiographique X. L'élément compressible peut par exemple comprendre un élément de support rigide et un coussinet radiotransparent, p. ex. un coussinet de gel placé sur l'élément de support. L'élément de support et le châssis peuvent en outre comprendre un connecteur à rainure et languette ou un autre type de connecteur couplant l'élément compressible au châssis. L'élément compressible peut comprendre éventuellement une ou plusieurs couches minces radiotransparentes pouvant être détachées, p. ex. après l'obtention successive de radiographies de plusieurs patientes.

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