Pivotable Biopsy Unit Integrated with Mammography Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mammography devices require frequent readjustment and additional framing for biopsy units, complicating the biopsy process and reducing operating convenience.
Innovation Solution
A biopsy unit with a fixing device that is permanently connectable to the mammography device and pivotable between a rest and operating state, allowing for simplified positioning and integration with the device, including adjustable arms for accommodating a biopsy needle and shared control devices for unified operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a biopsy unit is placed on a support table of the compression unit, then the biopsy unit can be positioned for use, but it requires frequent readjustment and additional framing, increasing device complexity and reducing operating convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The biopsy unit is permanently connected to the mammography device's main body, merging two previously separate functions (mammography and biopsy) into a single integrated system. This eliminates the need for separate support tables and framing structures, reducing overall device complexity while improving operating convenience through unified control and positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The mammography device is designed to perform both mammography and biopsy functions through a single integrated system. The biopsy unit can be permanently connected and adjusted for different biopsy positions, making the device universal and eliminating the need for multiple separate devices or complex additional framing structures.
2Loss of time
If a biopsy unit is permanently connected to the mammography device, then operating convenience is improved by eliminating frequent readjustment, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
By permanently connecting the biopsy unit to the mammography device's main body, the system merges biopsy functionality into the existing structure. This eliminates the time-consuming readjustment process while the integrated design ensures that the added complexity is minimal compared to having separate devices requiring frequent repositioning and framing.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the biopsy unit is accommodated in guide grooves of the main body, then the biopsy unit can be positioned, but it still requires readjustment prior to each usage, reducing operating convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The biopsy unit is designed with dynamic positioning capabilities, allowing it to be adjusted to different predetermined positions along the guide grooves of the main body. This dynamic adjustability provides positioning stability when needed while maintaining operating convenience through controlled, reproducible positioning rather than requiring readjustment of the entire unit.
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AI summary
A biopsy unit is for fixing to a mammography device. In an embodiment, the biopsy unit includes a fixing device and a receptacle for a biopsy needle. The biopsy unit is permanently connectable to the mammography device, and wherein the biopsy unit is pivotable between a rest state and an operating state.