Eye protection employing luminescent materials for ionizing radiation warnings to the wearer

摘要

A protective eyewear device features a frame for supporting the protective eyewear on a user's head in a position placing one or more transparent or translucent viewing lenses of the eyewear device in front of the user's eyes, and one or more deposits of a radiation-reactive material located at or adjacent the one or more lenses and responsive to ionizing radiation exposure to produce a visual indication of said exposure to the user within a normally used field of vision of said user.

主权项

1. A protective eyewear device comprising a frame for supporting the protective eyewear on a user's head in a position placing one or more transparent or translucent viewing lenses of the eyewear device in front of the user's eyes, and one or more deposits of a phosphor material that is impregnated within a lens material of the one or more lenses and is and responsive to x-ray and/or gamma-ray radiation to produce a visual indication of exposure to said x-ray and/or gamma-ray radiation to the user within a normally used field of vision of said user.