RADIOABSORBENT ASSEMBLIES

摘要

A system of shields designed to provide substantially greater protection, head to toe, against radiation exposure to health care workers in a hospital room during procedures which require real-time imaging. The shields are placed around the patient and the x-ray table and provide protection even when the x-ray tube is moved to various angles around the patient.

主权项

1. A radioabsorbent shield comprising:
a flexible sheet having at least one bottom edge and including at least one layer of radioabsorbent material; a plurality of rigid vertical stays attached to the sheet causing the sheet to conform to the shape of the stays; wherein said stays are shaped such that, when said sheet is hung from a point above the stays, the at least one bottom edge of the sheet is horizontally offset from the point above the stays.