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US 2026/0114822 A1Published application
Specimen radiography system comprising cabinet and a specimen drawer positionable by a controller in the cabinet
AssigneeHologic, Inc.
InventorsKENNETH DEFREITAS, TIMOTHY N. WELLS, THOMAS DEYOUNG, HENRY LANDRY, SHAWN ST. PIERRE, SHAWN HOCHSTETLER, JOSEPH VARTOLONE, NEIL ROTH, MICHELLE LUSTRINO
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Abstract
A specimen radiography system may include a controller and a cabinet. The cabinet may include an x-ray source, an x-ray detector, and a specimen drawer disposed between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector. The specimen drawer may be automatically positionable along a vertical axis between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector.
Claims21
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A specimen radiography system comprising:
- a controller;
- and
- a cabinet comprising:
- an arm assembly rotatable relative to the cabinet around a rotation point;
- an x-ray source coupled to one end of the arm assembly;
- an x-ray detector coupled to an opposite end of the arm assembly;
- and
- a specimen drawer configured to support a tissue specimen and disposed between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector,
- wherein the controller is operably coupled to the x-ray source and the x-ray detector and configured to rotate the x-ray source and the x-ray detector via the arm assembly along an arc from a positive 90 degrees to a negative 90 degrees around the rotation point for imaging the tissue specimen.
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A specimen radiography system comprising:
- a controller;
- and
- a cabinet comprising:
- an x-ray source defining a focal point;
- an x-ray detector defining an image plane, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are aligned relative to one another about a vertical axis;
- and
- a specimen drawer configured to support a tissue specimen, wherein the specimen drawer is selectively positionable along the vertical axis within the cabinet and between the focal point and the image plane,
- wherein the controller is operably coupled to the x-ray source and the x-ray detector and configured to image the tissue specimen, wherein a position of the specimen drawer along the vertical axis defines a magnification of the image of the tissue specimen, and wherein the controller is configured to tilt at least a portion of the specimen drawer relative to the x-ray source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.