Apparatus for fixing the female breast in medical-technical applications

US6128523A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Mario Bechtold · Hemhofen, DE
• Bernd Granz · Oberasbach, DE
• Hans-Peter Heindel · Fürth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/168
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for fixing a female breast for use in a variety of medical-technical applications such as, for example, ultrasound therapy, ultrasound diagnosis or biopsy. The fixing apparatus includes a container, into which the breast is introduced, a fixing diaphragm, and at least one compression cushion. The compression cushion presses the breast against the fixing diaphragm thereby achieving a fixed position of the breast.