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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Kenneth Defreitas, Patterson, NY (US);
Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
John Laviola, Orange, CT (US);
Kathleen Pickett, Uncasville, CT (US);
Nikolaos a Gkanatsios, Danbury, CT (US);
Aaron Fand, Bethel, CT (US);
Ruth Christopher, Boxford, MA (US);
Kenneth DeFreitas, Patterson, NY (US);
Ian Shaw, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
John LaViola, Orange, CT (US);
Kathleen Pickett, Uncasville, CT (US);
Nikolaos A Gkanatsios, Danbury, CT (US);
Aaron Fand, Bethel, CT (US);
Ruth Christopher, Boxford, MA (US);
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A tilted needle biopsy assembly is provided for mounting on an x-ray system. Because the biopsy needle is angled relative to at least one of the detector and the x-ray source, x-ray imaging may be performed during the biopsy procedure without interference by the biopsy device. The angled biopsy needle additionally allows improved access to the axilla and chest wall of the patient. The stereotactic biopsy device of the present invention may be coupled to any x-ray system, whether upright or prone, including but not limited to mammography systems, tomosynthesis systems, and combination mammography/tomosynthesis systems. The system flexibly supports the use of any mode of image capture (i.e., scout, two dimensional mammogram, three-dimensional reconstructed volume) for either or both target visualization and target localization. With such an arrangement, a needle biopsy assembly having improved patient coverage is provided for use with a variety of different x-ray imaging platforms.