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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2004
Steven A. Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Michael Berggren, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David T. Borup, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Barry K. Hanover, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Rita Hanover, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Martin Kammeyer, Sandy, UT (US);
Scott Olsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeffrey Pattee, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Frank L. Setinsek, Fruit Heights, UT (US);
Kortlan D. Stewart, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James Wiskin, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Steven A. Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Michael Berggren, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David T. Borup, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Barry K. Hanover, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Rita Hanover, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Martin Kammeyer, Sandy, UT (US);
Scott Olsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeffrey Pattee, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Frank L. Setinsek, Fruit Heights, UT (US);
Kortlan D. Stewart, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James Wiskin, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Techniscan, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A breast scanning system scans a breast of a patient with transducer arrays that transmit and receive ultrasound signals in a bath containing a medium, such as a liquid. A table is disposable over the bath to receive the patient thereon, and has an aperture formed in the table and positionable over the bath to receive the breast of the patient pendent therethrough and into the bath. The table is linearly vertically displaceable with respect to the bath. The system includes a preconditioning tank to precondition the liquid prior to being introduced into the bath. The bath includes means for securing the breast within the bath.