Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
250516100 | Garments | 30 |
20080272318 | Radiation attenuating head cover - A radiation attenuating head cover configured to at least partially cover a head of a user is disclosed. The radiation attenuating head cover includes a radiation attenuating portion positionable across a forehead of the user and extending in a vertical direction between an upper edge and a lower edge. The lower edge is configured to remain above the eyes and ears of the user. The radiation attenuating head cover also includes an attachment device for securing the radiation attenuation head cover to the user. The radiation attenuating portion is configured to protect the user from radiation during a radiological procedure. | 11-06-2008 |
20090108217 | STANDOFF RADIATION ATTENUATION SYSTEM - A system for attenuating a primary radiation beam applied to a target area on a patient for generating an image of the target area during a radiological procedure is disclosed. The system includes a radiation attenuation material positionable over the target area to partially attenuate the primary radiation beam before the primary radiation beam reaches the target area. The system also includes a buffer positionable between the radiation attenuation material and the target area. The buffer is formed of a polymeric material and is configured to improve the clarity of the generated image. | 04-30-2009 |
20090114857 | RADIATION DETECTABLE AND PROTECTIVE ARTICLES - Compositions and processes for forming radiopaque polymeric articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, radiation inspection apparatuses and methods are then used to determine the presence and attributes of such radiopaque polymeric articles. A radiopaque polymeric article of the present invention can be created by mixing a radiopaque material, such as barium, bismuth, tungsten or their compounds, with a powdered polymer, pelletized polymer or liquid solution, emulsion or suspension of a polymer in solvent or water. In addition to creating radiation detectable objects, the radiopaque polymeric materials of the present invention can be used to create radiation protective articles, such as radiation protective garments and bomb containment vessels. Enhanced radiation protection can also be achieved through the use of nano-materials. The principals of the present invention can be used to provide protection against other types of hazards, including fire, chemical, biological and projectile hazards. | 05-07-2009 |
20090184269 | System and Method For Providing a Suspended Personal Radiation Protection System - A system for providing radiation protection is provided that includes a garment that contours to an operator's body. The garment protects the operator from radiation. The garment is supported by a suspension component that reduces a portion of weight of the garment for the operator, the garment including a belt, which includes a release mechanism that offers an entry into the garment. In more specific embodiments, the release mechanism is a quick release that allows the operator to disengage from the garment using a single hand movement. The belt can include at least one flexible joint. The belt opens to allow the operator to enter the garment, and the operator, in entering and exiting the garment, is able to limit his contact to components on or near a front of the garment such that the operator can operate the release mechanism for the garment without losing sterility. | 07-23-2009 |
20100084586 | RECONFIGURABLE RADIATION SHIELD - The disclosed invention proposes a reconfigurable radiation shield that, compared to art static shields, improves the protected volume/weight ratio. The reconfigurable shield is applicable in the medical field, in the aerospace industry, in mobile radiological laboratories and decontamination vehicles, as well as in other fields where intensity-fluctuating radiation and variable direction radiation represent a hazard. | 04-08-2010 |
20100163758 | SHORT USE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE RADIATION PROTECTION - A short use or disposable system and method for adaptive window-capable radiation protection provides a disposable outer covering for securing one or more flexible and overlappable radiation shield members relative to a user using a variety of features including pockets, pocket defining members, fitting aid members, and fixing and releasing points. Features allow conveniently securing multiple layers of reusable shields in disposable coverings and providing pre-selected and assembled shielding kits for specific uses. Variants provide adaptive shielding sheets that may be customized to a particular patient need or injury profile. | 07-01-2010 |
20110163248 | MULTI-LAYER LIGHT-WEIGHT GARMENT MATERIAL WITH LOW RADIATION BUILDUP PROVIDING SCATTERED-RADIATION SHIELDING - A multi-ply, preferably flexible, x-ray shielding material which can be formed into a garment is provided. Such material is lighter in weight but that provides a specific degree of protection under the standard conditions met in fluoroscopy by workers in the field subjected to reflected, or scattered, radiation emanating from the patient's body. The multi-layered fabric is so constructed that the amount of re-radiated energy, or fluorescence produced by each layer, is greatly attenuated. Generally, this invention is directed to a material formed of two or more layers of a polymeric or elastomeric film or sheet loaded with different radiation-attenuating metal material. | 07-07-2011 |
20110174997 | System and Method for Providing a Suspended Personal Radiation Protection System - An improved personal radiation protection system that substantially contours to an operator's body is suspended from a suspension means. The garment is operable to protect the operator from radiation. The suspension means is operable to provide constant force and allows the operator to move freely in the X, Y and Z planes simultaneously, such that the protective garment, face shield, or other attachments integrated into the system are substantially weightless to the operator. The suspension means may be mounted to the ceiling, a vertical wall, the floor, or on a mobile platform. The suspension means may comprise an articulating arm, a balance arm, or a manipulator, and the radiation protection system is suspended generally about its center of gravity. | 07-21-2011 |
20110210274 | METHOD FOR ALLEVIATION OF MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS - A method of alleviating menopausal symptoms in a woman is disclosed wherein a significant portion of the woman's body is shielded from high frequency electromagnetic radiation for a period of time sufficient to reduce the symptoms while permitting low frequency electromagnetic radiation to reach her body. The method may be accomplished by using a radiation shielding textile as a bed sheet on which the woman sleeps at night or during the day by fashioning a garment from the radiation-shielding textile or using a sheet or cover, or fashioning a wrap. The radiation-shielding textile found to be suitable is a cloth woven of yarn consisting of a textile fibre, such as nylon, and from two to thirty-five percent by weight of electrically conductive filament, preferably stainless steel. | 09-01-2011 |
20110253914 | System and Method for Providing a Suspended Personal Radiation Protection System - A system for providing radiation protection is provided that includes a garment that contours to an operator's body. The garment protects the operator from radiation. The garment is supported by a suspension component that reduces a portion of weight of the garment for the operator, the garment including a belt, which includes a release mechanism that offers an entry into the garment. In more specific embodiments, the release mechanism is a quick release that allows the operator to disengage from the garment using a single hand movement. The belt can include at least one flexible joint. The belt opens to allow the operator to enter the garment, and the operator, in entering and exiting the garment, is able to limit his contact to components on or near a front of the garment such that the operator can operate the release mechanism for the garment without losing sterility. | 10-20-2011 |
20110272604 | SHIELDED SURGICAL GARMENT - A shielded head cover in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes at least one attenuation portion including a radiation attenuating material configured and operable to protect a user head from radiation. The attenuation portion includes a varying amount of radiation attenuating material at different locations to provide for increased protection at desired locations. The attenuation portion may be embodied as a removable patch that is attached to the head cover. The attenuation portion may be provided by spraying particles of radiation attenuating material on the head cover. | 11-10-2011 |
20110272605 | SHIELDED SURGICAL GARMENT - A shielded head cover in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes at least one attenuation portion including a radiation attenuating material configured and operable to protect a user head from radiation. The attenuation portion may include a varying amount of radiation attenuating material at different locations to provide for increased protection at desired locations. The attenuation portion may be embodied as a removable patch that is attached to the head cover. The attenuation portion may be provided by spraying particles of radiation attenuating material on the head cover. The attenuation portion may be embodied as a headband configured to be wrapped around a user's head and including attenuating material positioned in a pocket or cavity therein. | 11-10-2011 |
20120043483 | BORON CAGE COMPOUND MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES FOR SHIELDING AND ABSORBING NEUTRONS - Boron cage compound-containing materials for shielding and absorbing neutrons. The materials include BCC-containing composites and compounds. BCC-containing compounds comprise a host polymer and a BCC attached thereto. BCC-containing composites comprise a mixture of a polymer matrix and a BCC filler. The BCC-containing materials can be used to form numerous articles of manufacture for shielding and absorbing neutrons. | 02-23-2012 |
20120085943 | Personal Genital Privacy Shield - A protective sheet to be worn to protect genitalia of the user may include a first layer to cooperate with an underwear of the user, a second layer to cooperate with the first layer, and a third layer to cooperate with the second layer. The second layer may reflect x-rays from a scanning machine, and the first layer may include a soft fabric material. The third layer may include a soft fabric material, and the second layer may include a metallic material. The metallic material may include a metallic film, and the magnetic material may include a metallic foil. The protective sheet may include a pouch to cooperate with the genitalia. | 04-12-2012 |
20120217423 | RADIATION ATTENUATION ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, A MULTILAYER GLOVE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING RADIATIONS AND THEIR USES - The invention relates to a radiation attenuation elastomeric material of the type comprising an elastomer in which a powder of metal oxides is dispersed, and which is characterized in that the powder of metal oxides comprises from 70 to 90% by mass of bismuth trioxide, from 5 to 15% by mass of tungsten trioxide and from 5 to 15% of lanthanum trioxide. | 08-30-2012 |
20120223258 | METAL NANOPARTICLES - Provided herein are metal nanoparticles, metal nanopowders, methods of synthesizing the same, and radiation shields using the same. | 09-06-2012 |
20120248346 | LIMITED-USE RADIATION ATTENUATING SHIELDS, LINERS FOR RADIATION ATTENUATING SHIELDS AND METHODS - Wearable radio-opaque shields may be formed from relatively low-cost materials, which may include a non-toxic radio-opaque material. The use of such materials may render the wearable radio-opaque shields suitable for limited use or even for single use. The useful life of a wearable radio-opaque shield may be extended, and hygiene improved, by way of a liner configured for assembly with the wearable radio-opaque shield. Methods for using and disposing of wearable radio-opaque shields and liners are also disclosed. | 10-04-2012 |
20130112898 | Systems, devices, methods, and compositions including fluidized x-ray shielding compositions - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an x-ray shielding system including a flexible layer including a support structure having a plurality of interconnected interstitial spaces that provide a circulation network for an x-ray shielding fluid composition. | 05-09-2013 |
20130270462 | PRACTICAL DESIGN FOR A WALK-AROUND, HANDS-FREE RADIATION PROTECTIVE SHIELDING GARMENT SUSPENSION APPARATUS - A rollable structure for suspending a heavy radiation protective garment so as to allow easy movement in a clinical environment subject to exposure to x-radiation. The structure comprises a vertically extending frame that is attachable to a user, and that permits the user to move freely around the clinical environment and to perform clinical duties without having to bear the weight of the shielding garment. The frame is vertically adjustable, and supports upper shield support surfaces for supporting the shoulder portions of a radiation protection apron. The upper support surfaces extend outwardly from the vertical frame. A rollable lower support frame for the vertical support frame is provided that includes a first lower frame extending forwardly from the vertically extending frame. A second lower frame for supporting the vertically extending frame is located at a position other than forwardly of the vertically extending frame. A pair of casters is provided at the lower end of each of the lower frames. A midbody attachment is provided for securing a flexible belt between the vertically extending framework and the use to allow the user to walk with the framework without the use of his hands. | 10-17-2013 |
20130327965 | RADIATION RESISTANT CLOTHING - A radiation resistant clothing includes a first radiation resistant layer for directly reflecting electromagnetic radiation (EMR) and a second radiation resistant layer for absorbing EMR which penetrates through or under the edges of clothing worn over the human body. The second radiation resistant layer is positioned on an inside of the first radiation resistant layer and has radiation absorbing material which dissipates indirect EMR in the form of heat or other energy. | 12-12-2013 |
20130341536 | PROTECTIVE SHIELD - A protective shield ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140054474 | System and Method for Providing a Suspended Personal Radiation Protection System - An improved personal radiation protection system that substantially contours to an operator's body is suspended from a suspension means. The garment is operable to protect the operator from radiation. The suspension means is operable to provide constant force and allows the operator to move freely in the X, Y and Z planes simultaneously, such that the protective garment, face shield, illumination means or other attachments integrated the system are substantially weightless to the operator. A face shield and arm cover can also be incorporated with the system, such that the face shield and arm cover are substantially weightless to the operator. The suspension means may be mounted to the ceiling, a vertical wall, the floor, or on a mobile platform. | 02-27-2014 |
20140103230 | RADIOACTIVE RAY SHIELD OR ABSORPTION SHEET WITH FLEXIBILITY AND RESTORABILITY, CLOTHES MADE OF THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a radioactive ray shield sheet with flexibility and restoration, clothes made of the same and a manufacturing method thereof, the radioactive shield sheet manufactured to have a sheet shape by mixing powdered lead with an additive compound, and having flexibility and restorability. Thus, there is provided a radioactive ray shield sheet which is flexible and restorable, convenient to use, and improved in safety. | 04-17-2014 |
20140299795 | SHIELDED HEAD COVER WITH VARYING ATTENUATION PORTIONS - A shielded head cover in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes at least one attenuation portion including a radiation attenuating material configured and operable to protect a user head from radiation. The attenuation portion includes a varying amount of radiation attenuating material at different locations to provide for increased protection at desired locations. The attenuation portion may be embodied as a removable patch that is attached to the head cover. The attenuation portion may be provided by spraying particles of radiation attenuating material on the head cover. | 10-09-2014 |
20140299796 | PARTICLE RADIATION SHIELDING HEAD COVER - A shielded head cover in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes at least one attenuation portion including a radiation attenuating material configured and operable to protect a user head from radiation. The attenuation portion may include a varying amount of radiation attenuating material at different locations to provide for increased protection at desired locations. The attenuation portion may be embodied as a removable patch that is attached to the head cover. The attenuation portion may be provided by spraying particles of radiation attenuating material on the head cover. The attenuation portion may be embodied as a headband configured to be wrapped around a user's head and including attenuating material positioned in a pocket or cavity therein. | 10-09-2014 |
20140361199 | Use of a Mixture Comprising Erbium and Praseodymium as a Radiation Attenuating Composition, Radiation Attenuating Material, and Article Providing Protection Against Ionising Radiation and Comprising Such a Composition - The invention relates to the use of a mixture comprising erbium and praseodymium as a radiation attenuating composition, i.e. as a composition that can attenuate ionising radiation, in particular X- and gamma-type electromagnetic radiation. | 12-11-2014 |
20140367594 | Radiation Resistant Medical Gown - Disclosed is a radiation resistant medical gown. More specifically, the invention relates to a medical gown that incorporates a radiation resistant and/or dissipating material into select portions of the garment. The gown further includes an upstanding collar that protects the wearer's thyroid from radiation exposure. The collar includes a Velcro® type fastener that prevents the collar from sagging. The gown is both sterile and disposable. | 12-18-2014 |
20140374628 | Metal Nanoparticles - A method of making metal nanoparticles comprising contacting metal with a diazonium compound substituted with an organic substituent and allowing said metal to react with the diazonium compound thereby forming metal nanoparticles wherein each of said metal nanoparticles comprises a metal core bonded to an outer layer of said organic substituent as well as nanoparticles made by that method. | 12-25-2014 |
20160060791 | Radiation Protective Material - The invention concerns a radiation protective material, which comprises a fibrous material with composite filaments including a radiopaque substance. The filaments are structured in a regular pattern to form the radiation shielding material. | 03-03-2016 |
20160118151 | COMPOSITE METAL FOAM AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention is directed to composite metal foams comprising hollow metallic spheres and a solid metal matrix. The composite metal foams show high strength, particularly in comparison to previous metal foams, while maintaining a favorable strength to density ratio. The composite metal foams can be prepared by various techniques, such as powder metallurgy and casting. | 04-28-2016 |