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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Gilbert Mckenna, Revere, MA (US);
Inventor:
Gilbert McKenna, Revere, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for positioning a mammography unit includes a C-arm, an x-ray tube mounted at one end of the C-arm, and a compressor-Bucky assembly mounted at an opposite end of the C-arm. The compressor-Bucky assembly includes a film receptor (preferably a Bucky grid) and a plate-like compressor. The x-ray tube and the compressor-Bucky assembly can be rotated together with the C-arm about a center of rotation. In addition, the x-ray tube and the compressor-Bucky assembly can be rotated independently of one another within the C-arm.