Mammography appliance
To permit a compact and structurally simple design of a mammography appliance, an irradiation unit is secured on a C-arm, which lies in a swivel plane that is perpendicular to a horizontal axis. In this way, only slight mechanical leverages act on the support arm. At the same time, the C-arm design creates a free space, which is used in particular also for the arrangement of a display and/or control panel and for the arrangement of a biopsy unit.
1. A mammography appliance comprising:
an appliance rack comprising an irradiation unit, an object table, and a compression unit; and
a stand attached to the appliance rack,
wherein the irradiation unit is attached to a C-arm support arm the C-arm support arm lying in a swivel plane that is perpendicular to a horizontal axis, and
wherein an end of the C-arm support arm is telescopic, and the irradiation unit is arranged on the telescopic end of the C-arm support arm.
2. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the C-arm support arm is pivotably mounted about the horizontal axis.
3. The mammography appliance as claimed claim 1 , wherein the C-arm support arm is arranged directly in front of the stand in the swivel plane.
4. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stand includes a bearing element on which the C-arm support arm is attached rotatably about the horizontal axis.
5. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the appliance rack is attached to the bearing element at the face end on the stand.
6. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the C-arm support arm is mounted with an end-side mounting end on the bearing element.
7. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the compression unit is operable to be rotated together with the C-arm support arm on the bearing element about the horizontal axis.
8. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the appliance rack comprises a biopsy unit which is operable to be moved from a parked position into a biopsy position.
9. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the parked position is arranged in a free parking area encompassed by the C-arm-support arm.
10. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the biopsy unit is pivotably mounted on the compression unit.
11. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stand includes a display, an operator panel or a display and an operator panel, which viewed in a horizontal projection, is arranged in a free space between the compression unit and the irradiation unit.
12. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stand is vertically adjustable with the appliance rack.
13. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the appliance rack is vertically adjustable relative to the stand.
14. The mammography appliance as claimed claim 1 , wherein the C-arm support arm is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the stand in the swivel plane.
15. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the appliance rack is attached to the bearing element at the face end on the stand.
16. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the C-arm support arm is mounted with an end-side mounting end on the bearing element.
17. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the compression unit is operable to be rotated with the C-arm support arm on the bearing element about the horizontal axis.
18. The mammography appliance as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the biopsy unit is pivotably mounted on the compression unit.