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Device and method for immobilizing patients for breast radiation therapy

  • US 9,084,886 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2013
  • Issued: 07/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of forming a support structure for immobilizing a patient in a prone position for delivery of radiation to at least one breast of the patient, the method comprising:

  • positioning a support brassiere on the patient, the support brassiere comprising a cup that is sized to engage a breast of the patient;

    positioning the patient, who is wearing the support brassiere, in a prone position generally within a full-body support structure so that the cup of the support brassiere is suspended above an upward-facing surface of the full-body support structure;

    with the patient positioned generally within the full-body support structure, introducing a malleable substance into a space between the upward-facing surface of the full-body support structure and the cup; and

    hardening the malleable substance while it substantially occupies the space between the upward-facing surface of the full-body support structure and the cup so that the malleable substance becomes a substantially, rigid breast immobilization device configured to be supported by the full-body support structure, the substantially rigid breast immobilization device also configured to support and immobilize the cup.

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