Patent ID: 11918392
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A mammography system operable in an imaging mode and in a biopsy mode, the system comprising:
a gantry disposed on a support surface and including an X-ray source, an X-ray detector alignable with the X-ray source, and a compression paddle moveable relative to the X-ray detector to secure a patient breast therebetween;
a biopsy system mounted to the gantry, the biopsy system including a movable robotic arm secured to the gantry, a biopsy device disposed on the robotic arm opposite the gantry, and a needle operably connected to the biopsy device opposite the robotic arm;
a control system operably connected to the gantry to control the operation of the X-ray source and X-ray detector to generate X-ray image data in an imaging mode for the mammography system, and to control the operation of the biopsy device in an biopsy mode for the mammography system, the control system including a central processing unit and interconnected database for processing the X-ray image data from the X-ray detector, a display operably connected to the control system for presenting information to a user, and a user interface operably connected to the control system to enable user input to the control system; and
a vision guidance system disposed on the gantry and operably connected to the control system, the vision guidance system including at least one camera operable to generate images of the biopsy system and to guide movement of the biopsy system based on a position of the biopsy system and X-ray image data.