Mammograph
US4979196A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/502
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mammograph is made, wherein the X-ray tube and the work top are held facing each other by a stirrup, making it easy for an X-ray technician to reach the breast to be X-rayed. The stirrup is shaped like a ring and can rotate on itself in sliding on a complementary ring, so as to reduce the inertia of the movable masses, to bring about radiography under oblique or even horizontal incidence. Furthermore, the structure is preferably moved away from a control cabinet for the mammograph, to enable an X-ray technician to come between this cabinet and the patient so as to facilitate preparations for taking a picture.
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