Patent ID: 7771360
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A breast scanning system configured to scan a breast of a patient, comprising: a) a bath containing a medium; b) transducer arrays, disposable in the bath, configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals; c) a horizontal table, disposable over the bath, with the patient thereon, having an aperture formed in the table and positionable over the bath with the breast of the patient pendent therethrough; and d) the table and the bath being linearly vertically displaceable with respect to one another between 1) a lowered position where the table is adjacent the bath with the breast within the bath, and 2) a raised position where the table is spaced-above the bath with the breast elevated above the medium of the bath; and e) means for maintaining the table in the raised position with the table spaced-above the bath.