# US 10,945,687 B2 · Display device for reducing radiation exposure to medical personnel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,945,687 B2 - Document ID: US10945687B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/055,749 - Filed: 2018-08-06 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-04 - Assignees: Egg Medical, Inc. - Applicants: Egg Medical, Inc. - Inventors: Robert F. Wilson; John P. Gainor; James Montague; Uma S. Valeti - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945687B2 ## CPC - A61B 6/107: {Protection against radiation, e.g. shielding} - A61B 6/462: {characterised by constructional features of the display} - A61B 6/463: {characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display} - A61B 6/465: {adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus} - A61B 6/548: {Remote control of the apparatus or devices} - A61B 6/56: {Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings} - G21F 7/02: Observation devices permitting vision but shielding the observer {(optical systems per se G02)} - A61B 6/0407: {Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body} - A61B 6/487: {involving fluoroscopy} - A61N 2005/1094: {Shielding, protecting against radiation} - G21F 3/00: Shielding characterised by its physical form, e.g. granules, or shape of the material - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G21F: PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR (radiation protection by pharmaceutical means A61K8/00, A61Q17/04; in cosmonautic vehicles B64G1/54; combined with a reactor G21C11/00; combined with X-ray tubes H01J35/16; combined with X-ray apparatus H05G1/02) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract A transparent radiation shield, attachable to a patient support platform, and movable to shield a physician from imaging radiation, includes a transparent computer display that is controllable to provide a data overlay on the shield pertaining to patient data and/or x-ray images. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radiation shield connectable for use with a patient platform comprising a plurality of layers, said plurality of layers including: an at least partially transparent display; and, an at least partially transparent radiation shield; wherein the at least partially transparent display comprises transparent computer display technology such that patient-related data fields are producible on the at least partially transparent display, allowing a user to view data on the display while simultaneously seeing a patient through the data fields, wherein the at least partially transparent display includes an adjustment control for changing an opacity of the patient-related data fields. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radiation shield of claim 1 wherein the plurality of layers further includes an at least partially transparent touchscreen input layer that provides touch control of the patient-related data producible on the at least partially transparent display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The radiation shield of claim 1 wherein the plurality of layers further includes an at least partially transparent magnification layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The radiation shield of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of controls usable to control features of the at least partially transparent display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The radiation shield of claim 1 wherein data displayed in said patient-related data fields includes real-time diagnostic imaging fed to said display from a medical data source selected from the group including imaging machine, imaging device, medical sensor, electrocardiogram, blood pressure sensor, heart rate sensor, radiation dosimeter, ultrasonic imager, X-ray imager, arterial oxygen saturation sensor. ### Claim 6 A system for use in tending to a medical patient comprising: a patient platform including: a mattress; a table; a radiation shield comprising a plurality of layers, said plurality of layers including: an at least partially transparent display; and, an at least partially transparent radiation shield; wherein the at least partially transparent display comprises transparent computer display technology such that patient-related data is producible in transparent data fields on the at least partially transparent display while the display is at least partially transparent; and, an arm connecting the shield to the patient platform; wherein the at least partially transparent display includes an adjustment control for changing an opacity of the patient-related data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein the plurality of layers further includes an at least partially transparent touchscreen input layer that provides touch control of the patient-related data producible in the transparent data fields on the at least partially transparent display. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein the plurality of layers further includes an at least partially transparent magnification layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 further comprising a plurality of controls usable to control features of the at least partially transparent display. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein said patient-related data includes real-time imaging fed to said display from an imaging machine. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 further comprising a sled between said mattress and said table; said sled including an attachment point for attaching said arm to said patient platform. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein said table comprises an x-ray table. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein said arm is articulated such that said radiation shield may be positioned at a variety of orientations. ### Claim 14 A method of protecting a physician while attending to a patient and using x-ray imaging: providing an at least partially transparent shield on an articulated arm such that said shield is positionable between the physician and the patient; displaying data on said at least partially transparent shield pertaining to the patient while being able to view the patient through the data displayed on the at least partially transparent shield, wherein the data displayed on the at least partially transparent shield includes a diagnostic image of the patient. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein displaying data on said shield comprises displaying images from an x-ray. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein displaying data on said shield comprises providing controls such that a physician can select the data being displayed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16 wherein providing controls comprises providing touchscreen controls on said shield. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the articulated arm is connected to a patient platform.