Patent ID: 8451973
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A mammography device comprising: a subject table adapted to support a female breast at an arbitrary location thereon; a first fixing unit and a second fixing unit attached to said subject table and integrated as parts of said subject table; a compression band extending between and connected to said first and second fixing units, said compression band spanning at least a portion of said subject table in a spanning direction; said first and second fixing units comprising a tensioning arrangement configured to tighten said compression band without detachment of said compression band from said support table, to compress a female breast supported on said subject table; and at least one of said first and second fixing units comprising a rod mounted on said support table for horizontal displacement along said spanning direction to lengthen or shorten a portion of said compression band in contact with a female breast on said support table to centrally apply a compression force to the female breast.