Breast locating device including an RFID transponder for a diagnostic instrument for examining a female breast

US8102964B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MIR Medical Imaging Research Holding GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Harry Schilling · Eichstätt, DE
• Willi Kalender · Kleinseebach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30096
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device is provided herein for locating a breast of a female patient. In one embodiment, the locating device is adapted to be inserted into an opening within a patient table. The locating device is further adapted with different sizes and shapes, and thus, can be adapted to various breast shapes. In one embodiment, the device is provided with an RFID transponder for identifying the particular locating device being used. The RFID transponder enables data about the locating device to be automatically recorded along with the image data. This enables the shape of the locating device to be taken into account when evaluating an image. Furthermore, the RFID transponder ensures that a locating device of the same shape is used for subsequent exposures of a patient's breast, so that the exposures remain comparable.