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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Ayako Ninomiya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Ayako Ninomiya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/28 (2013.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02);
Abstract
A respiration suppressing member includes a main body of an elastic material which is formed into a shape having a pressurizing portion for pressurizing that portion of the abdomen of a subject under imaging diagnosis by a medical modality which is located below the sternum and between the right and left ribs of the subject.