Abstract: A seat adapted for use with a mammography apparatus for detecting malignant cells in a breast of a patient. The seat includes an x-ray source and an x-ray detector for imaging the breast, and is provided to the mammography apparatus to enable the patient to sit during imaging. The seat is tiltable between at least two positions: a first position in which the seat is level with the horizon; and a second position in which the seat is tilted obliquely sideways with reference to the horizon. The seat may compress the breast during x-ray imaging of the breast with the x-ray source and the x-ray detector.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignee:
Teledyne Dalsa B.V.
Inventors:
Gerard Johan den Heeten, Cornelis Antonius Grimbergen