Patent · US Expired

Localization mechanism for an MRI compatible biopsy device

US7438692B2 · kind B2 · utility

56Cited by

27References

3Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Mark Tsonton · Loveland, US
John C. Tinsley, III · Colorado Springs, US
Eric Thompson · Low Wood, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2002
Grant date	Oct 21, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/3954
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A localization mechanism, or fixture, is used in conjunction with a breast coil for breast compression and for guiding a core biopsy instrument during prone stereotactic biopsy procedures in both open and closed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines. The localization fixture can include a breast compression plate and a biopsy probe support plate for supporting a biopsy probe for movement along multiple perpendicular axes. The position of both the breast compression plate and the biopsy probe support plate can be adjustable along an axis which is generally parallel to a probe needle.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.