Mammogram tender machine
OwnerLinda Mitchell, Zachary Mitchellinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of examining the breast of a woman who has difficulty in standing or raising her arms by providing an X-ray machine having x-ray emitting and receiving members that are rotatable about a vertical axis and movable up and down along the vertical axis. A cup member having an interior configured to receive one of the woman's breast is placed over a breast and suction from a source of suction is applied to the interior of the cup member to expand the breast to fill the cup. The X-ray emitting and receiving members of the X-ray machine are then oriented relative to the cup member to perform an examination of the breast inside the cup member while the woman is either in a sitting or standing position.
Claims16
A structure operable for examining a breast of a woman who has difficulty in standing or raising her arms comprising:
- an X-ray machine having x-ray emitting and receiving members that are rotatable about a vertical axis and are movable up and down along the vertical axis;
- a cup member having an interior configured to receive one of the woman's breasts;
- a source of suction coupled to the interior of the cup member to expand the one of the woman's breasts to fill the cup member;
- wherein the X-ray emitting and receiving members are oriented relative to the cup member to perform an examination of the one of the woman's breasts inside the cup member while the woman is either in a sitting or standing position.
A method of examining a breast of a woman who has difficulty in standing or raising her arms comprising:
- providing an X-ray machine having x-ray emitting and receiving members that are rotatable about a vertical axis and movable up and down along the vertical axis;
- providing a cup member having an interior configured to receive one of the woman's breasts;
- applying suction from a source of suction to the interior of the cup member to expand the one of the woman's breasts to fill the cup member;
- wherein the X-ray emitting and receiving members are oriented relative to the cup member to perform an examination of the one of the woman's breasts inside the cup member while the woman is either in a sitting or standing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.