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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Xcision Medical Systems, Llc, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventor:
Xinsheng Cedric Yu, Pasadena, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/15 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/17 (2016.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/403 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/145 (2013.01); A61B 8/15 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4227 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 90/17 (2016.02); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1058 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for volumetric ultrasound imaging of a breast using different modes, including transmission, reflection and the speed of sound, which apparatus comprises a negatively pressurized breast imaging cup with integrated ultrasound transducers and an ultrasound coupling mechanism; an ultrasound system comprising the apparatus; and a method of imaging a breast in three dimensions without moving the ultrasound transducers.