Apparatus and method of enhancing comfortability of mammogram imaging and procedures
OwnerAnne Hed, Rebecca Hedinventors
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Abstract
A breast rest for a mammography device includes a front panel on a patient-facing side of the breast rest and a top panel having a concavity configured to accommodate a breast of a patient. A transition from the front panel to the top panel can be curved. The breast rest can be included in the mammography device. The breast rest can further include side panels. The breast rest can further include an open end to receive a breast test instrument. Multiple sizes and/or shapes of the breast rest can be provided and selected from based on patient data. Breast rests can be manufactured for particular patients having sizes and/or shapes determined from patient data.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a plurality of breast rest apparatuses, each apparatus comprising a top panel and a front panel, wherein the top panel and the front panel are connected by a curved transition, the top panel includes a first concavity, the front panel includes a second concavity, and the breast rest apparatuses differ in a shape of at least one of the first concavity or the second concavity;
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- a processor configured to receive patient data of a patient and determine one of the plurality of breast rest apparatuses for use with the patient based on the patient data, wherein the patient data includes at least one of patient size data and patient treatment history.
A system for producing a breast rest apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive patient data of a patient, wherein the patient data includes at least one of patient size data and patient treatment history, and
- determine a configuration for a breast rest apparatus based on the patient data, wherein the configuration of the breast rest apparatus includes a shape of at least one of a first concavity provided on a top panel or a second concavity provided on a front panel;
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- a three-dimensional printer configured to produce the breast rest apparatus according to the determined configuration, wherein the breast rest apparatus includes the top panel and the front panel, and the top panel and the front panel are connected by a curved transition.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of breast rest apparatuses, each apparatus comprising a top panel and a front panel, wherein the top panel includes a first concavity, the top panel and the front panel are connected by a curved transition, and the breast rest apparatuses differ in a shape of the first concavity;
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- a processor configured to receive patient data of a patient and determine one of the plurality of breast rest apparatuses for use with the patient based on the patient data, wherein the patient data includes at least one of patient size data and patient treatment history.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of detachable breast rest apparatuses, each apparatus comprising a top panel and a front panel, wherein the top panel and the front panel are connected by a curved transition and the top panel includes a first concavity, wherein the top panel and the front panel form an open end configured to interface with an existing breast test instrument, and wherein the detachable breast rest apparatuses differ in a shape of the first concavity;
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- a processor configured to receive patient data of a patient and determine one of the plurality of detachable breast rest apparatuses for use with the patient based on the patient data, the patient data including at least one of patient size data and patient treatment history.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.