# US 11,304,672 B2 · Imaging system housing

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- Number: US 11,304,672 B2
- Document ID: US11304672B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/875,541
- Filed: 2020-05-15
- Published: 2020-12-31
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-28
- Assignees: CapeRay Medical (Pty) Ltd
- Applicants: CapeRay Medical (Pty) Ltd
- Inventors: James William Long; Raphael V. Smith; Christopher Leonard Vaughan; Roland Victor Baasch
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11304672B2

## CPC

- A61B 6/502: {for diagnosis of breast, i.e. mammography}
- A61B 6/025: {Tomosynthesis}
- A61B 6/0414: {with compression means}
- A61B 6/4283: {characterised by a detector unit being housed in a cassette}
- A61B 6/4417: {related to combined acquisition of different diagnostic modalities}
- A61B 6/5247: {combining images from an ionising-radiation diagnostic technique and a non-ionising radiation diagnostic technique, e.g. X-ray and ultrasound}
- A61B 8/0825: {for diagnosis of the breast, e.g. mammography}
- A61B 8/403: {using compression means}
- A61B 8/4416: {related to combined acquisition of different diagnostic modalities, e.g. combination of ultrasound and X-ray acquisitions}
- A61B 8/5261: {combining images from different diagnostic modalities, e.g. ultrasound and X-ray}
- A61B 6/4291: {the detector being combined with a grid or grating}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

An imaging system housing is provided which includes a body and a scanning plate. The body defines a cavity and an opening in communication with the cavity. The body includes one of a lip or groove formation extending from peripheral zone adjacent the opening in a direction away from or towards the cavity and transverse to a plane defined by the opening. The scanning plate is shaped and dimensioned to close the opening and has the other of a groove or lip formation extending along a periphery thereof and being shaped and dimensioned to cooperate with and receive the lip or groove formation of the body. The scanning plate is made from a low surface energy plastic material. The body and plate are bonded together using a structural acrylic adhesive applied to one or both of the lip and groove formations. The imaging system may be a dual-modality imaging system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An imaging system housing comprising a body and a scanning plate, the body defining a cavity and an opening in communication with the cavity, the body including a lip formation extending from a peripheral zone adjacent the opening in a direction away from the cavity and transverse to a plane defined by the opening, the scanning plate being shaped and dimensioned to close the opening and having a groove formation extending along a periphery thereof and being shaped and dimensioned to cooperate with and receive the lip formation of the body, wherein the scanning plate is made from a low surface energy (LSE) plastic material, and wherein the body and plate are bonded together using a structural acrylic adhesive applied to one or both of the lip and groove formations, wherein the body is made from a fiber-reinforced polymer, and wherein fibers of at least portions of the fiber-reinforced polymer which form at least part of the lip formation extend transverse to the plane defined by the opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the scanning plate is made from polymethylpentene.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the groove and lip formations include cooperating castellations at locations along lengths of the groove and lip formations respectively.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the width to height ratio of the lip formation is in the range of 1:1.00 to 1:4.00.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a formation configured to receive a flat panel detector of an imaging device, wherein the formation defines a recess which is shaped and dimensioned to receive the flat panel detector, and wherein the formation is defined at a location relative to the cavity of the body so as to orient operatively the scanning plate parallel to and directly above an operatively upper surface of the flat panel detector.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the opening and scanning plate are rectangular in shape.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The housing of claim 6, wherein the lip formation includes lip elements extending along each side of the opening and corner pieces which join the lip elements to define a lip which surrounds the opening.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The housing of claim 7, wherein fibers of the fiber-reinforced polymer which form the lip elements extend transverse to the plane defined by the opening.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the lip formation includes lip elements and corner pieces which are arranged such that the lip formation surrounds the opening.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer is a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the housing is hermetically sealed, wherein components of an imaging system are located within the cavity and wherein the housing is filled with a non-conductive fluid having a specific acoustic impedance.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The housing of claim 11, wherein the housing is configured to house an X-ray detector and ultrasonic transducer below the scanning plate.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The housing of claim 1, wherein the groove formation defines a groove which surrounds the scanning plate.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The housing of claim 9, wherein fibers of the fiber-reinforced polymer which form the lip elements extend transverse to the plane defined by the opening.