Digital stereotaxic biopsy system
CA 2575647 C · Owner: Ullan Comes, Miguel · Inventors: Ullan Comes, Miguel; Sentis I Criville, Melcior; Chmeissani, Mokhtar
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The invention relates to a digital system (1) for performing stereotaxic biopsies , with a biopsy needle. The inventive system (1) comprises a series of devices which are , used to: emit X-rays, detect and transform X-ray photons into electric signals, position a , tissue sample between the X-ray source and the detector process the electric , signals, and , generate images. The system can also be equipped with a series of devices complementary to those mentioned above as well as a means for positioning the aforementioned devices in two positions and obtaining images in two different orientations.
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- Filed July 27, 2005 and granted October 22, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2025.
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