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US 7,254,851 B2Granted
Patient support structure having a tabletop with a breast positioning aperture for a laser imaging apparatus
AssigneeImaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc.
InventorsEmily Ann Salit, David Marc Richter, Vicente Magraner, Robert Henry Wake
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Abstract
A patient support structure for a laser imaging apparatus, comprises a tabletop to support a female patient in front-down, prone position. The tabletop includes an opening adapted to permit a breast of the patient to be vertically pendant below the tabletop. The opening is non-symmetric with respect to an axis of rotation of a scanning mechanism disposed below the tabletop.
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A patient support structure in combination with a laser imaging apparatus, including a laser scanning mechanism, comprising:
- a) a tabletop to support a female patient in front-down, prone position;
- b) said tabletop including an opening adapted to permit a breast of the patient to be vertically pendant below said tabletop;
- c) said opening being non-symmetric with respect to a vertical axis of rotation of said laser scanning mechanism disposed below said tabletop, said vertical axis projecting through said opening;
- d) said opening including a first portion defined by one side of a line across said opening through said axis and a first peripheral portion of said opening extending from said one side of said line toward the patient's feet;
- e) said opening including a second portion defined by an opposite side of said line and a second peripheral portion of said opening extending from said opposite side of said line toward the patient's head;
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- f) said second portion is elongated toward the head as compared to said first portion.
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