Apparatus and method of enhancing comfortability of mammogram imaging and procedures
AssigneeHed Compositions, LLC.
InventorsAnne HED, Rebecca HED
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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.
Claims17
A breast rest apparatus comprising:
- a top panel having a first concavity;
- a front panel having a second concavity and being connected to the top panel;
- a left side panel connected to the top panel and to the front panel;
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- a right side panel connected to the top panel and to the front panel, wherein the top, front, left side and right side panels define an opening for securely coupling the breast rest apparatus to a breast support structure, with the first concavity of the top panel providing a concave breast support surface and the second concavity of the front panel providing a concave chest interface surface.
A system comprising a plurality of breast rest apparatuses, each apparatus including:
- a top panel having a first concavity;
- a front panel having a second concavity and being connected to the top panel;
- a left side panel connected to the top panel and to the front panel;
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- a right side panel connected to the top panel and to the front panel, wherein the top, front, left side and right side panels define an opening for securely coupling the breast rest apparatus to a breast support structure, with the first concavity of the top panel providing a concave breast support surface and the second concavity of the front panel providing a concave chest interface surface, wherein the first or second concavity of each breast rest apparatus differs from the corresponding first or second concavity of another one of the breast rest apparatuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.