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Mammography compression paddle

  • US 5,199,056 A
  • Filed: 11/28/1989
  • Issued: 03/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a mammography system for patients with breast implants, apparatus for compressing and positioning the breast for penetrating radiation and image formation of internal tissue on X-ray film, the improvement comprising:

  • a compression paddle means formed of transparent, X-ray transmissive material which is substantially rectangular in shape with extended front corners, the paddle means including a planar bottom having sidewalls extending normally from the bottom surrounding the periphery thereof, an arcuate cutout means in the front edge of the planar bottom shaped to substantially surround while not compressing the breast implant, the front corners of the paddle extending outward from the arcuate cutout so that tissue laterally of the implant can be examined at the same time.

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