# US 2014/0150182 A1 · Property information acquiring apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0150182 A1
- Document ID: US20140150182A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/123,272
- Filed: 2012-07-23
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-26
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hiroshi Nishihara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150182A1

## CPC

- A61B 6/0435: {with means for imaging suspended breasts}
- A61B 5/0095: {by applying light and detecting acoustic waves, i.e. photoacoustic measurements}
- A61B 6/0414: {with compression means}
- A61B 6/502: {for diagnosis of breast, i.e. mammography}
- A61B 8/0825: {for diagnosis of the breast, e.g. mammography}
- A61B 8/403: {using compression means}
- A61B 8/406: {using means for diagnosing suspended breasts}
- A61G 13/122: {Upper body, e.g. chest}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)

## Abstract

A property information acquiring apparatus according to the present invention includes a supporting unit that supports an object person, a holding unit that holds an object area, and a receiving unit that receives information about properties of the object area by being positioned near the supporting unit, wherein the holding unit includes a restricting unit that restricts deformation generated in the supporting unit by the object person being supported by the supporting unit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A property information acquiring apparatus, comprising:
a supporting unit that supports an object person who is an examinee and includes an aperture through which an object area of the examinee is inserted;
a holding unit that holds the object area inserted through said aperture; and
a receiving unit that is arranged near said supporting unit and receives information about properties of the object area,
wherein said holding unit includes a restricting unit that restricts deformation generated in said supporting unit by the examinee being supported by said supporting unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said restricting unit is a part of said holding unit that holds said supporting unit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said supporting unit includes a bed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a light irradiating unit that irradiates the object area with light,
wherein said receiving unit receives an acoustic wave generated in the object area being irradiated with the light from said light irradiating unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said receiving unit is arranged opposite to the object area via said holding unit and said holding unit is polymethyl pentene.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an X-ray irradiating unit that irradiates the object area with X rays,
wherein said receiving unit receives the X rays with which the object area is irradiated by said X-ray irradiating unit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said supporting unit is made of a metal or a metallic compound.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said supporting unit is made of tungsten carbide.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said supporting unit is made of stainless steel.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The property information acquiring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a distance between a surface supporting the examinee and a surface on an opposite side of the surface supporting the examinee in a portion opposite to said receiving unit is smaller than the distance between said surface supporting the examinee and said surface on the opposite side of said surface supporting the examinee in other portions.