Kelly Jean Williams

US Patent:

20170215820, Aug 3, 2017

Filed:

Dec 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/375879

Inventors:

Kelly Klanian Williams - Roswell GA, US
Mark B. Williams - Earlysville VA, US
Zongyi Gong - Charlottesville VA, US
Tushita Patel - Charlottesville VA, US
Emily M. Mastandrea - Westford MA, US
Olivia P. Sullivan - Charlottesville VA, US

International Classification:

A61B 6/04
A61B 6/00

Abstract:

This application discusses, among other things, curved plates for immobilizing a breast of a subject for medical imaging. In an example, an immobilization assembly Can include a curved compression plate assembly, a curved support plate assembly, an assembly coupling configured to position a first concave major surface of the curved compression plate assembly, opposite a second concave major surface of the curved support plate assembly, wherein a cross section view thrugh the curved compresson assembly and the curved suport plate assembly includes two portions of a single ellipse sepearated by a distance, and wherein the curved compression plate assembly and the curved support plate assembly are configured to immpbilize the biological specimen between the first concave major surface and the second concave major surface.