US 11,986,328 B2
Compression paddles for breast biopsies
Cynthia M. Thornton, New York, NY (US); and Ernesto R. Hermosura, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/051,425
Filed by MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/030051
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/213165, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/664,682, filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219926 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/0435 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for performing breast biopsies, comprising:
a first mounting structure defining an opening;
a second mounting structure;
a first compression device configured to be received within the opening defined in the first mounting structure, the first compression device including a first surface defining a plurality of first apertures, the plurality of first apertures arranged on the first surface of the first compression device to provide distributed compression along at least a first side of a breast; and
a second compression device configured to be received in the second mounting structure, the second compression device including a second aperture defined through a center of the second compression device, the second aperture having a dimension larger than a dimension of at least one of the plurality of first apertures, the second compression device having a second surface about the second aperture configured to engage with at least a second side of the breast opposite of the first side, the second compression device configured to receive a biopsy needle via the second aperture to insert into the second side of the breast;
a track positioned beneath an opening of a table and extending between the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure, wherein the second mounting structure is configured to slide along the track to vary a distance between the first compression device and the second compression device,
wherein the first compression device and the second compression device are configured to:
provide the distributed compression along at least the first side of the breast to expand at least the first side of the breast along the first surface defining the plurality of first apertures, and
cause at least the second side of the breast to extend into the second aperture to facilitate passage of the biopsy needle from the second side of the breast along the second compression device through the first side of the breast and into the first compression device.