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US 12,433,551 B2Granted
Display device for reducing radiation exposure to medical personnel
AssigneeEgg Medical, Inc.
InventorsRobert F. Wilson, John P. Gainor, James Montague, Uma S. Valeti
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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.
Claims18
A radiation shield system, comprising:
- an imaging device;
- and
- a radiation shield including an at least partially transparent display layer;
- and,
- wherein the imaging device is in wireless communication with the radiation shield such that one or more images from the imaging device are producible on the at least partially transparent display layer;
- and wherein the at least partially transparent display layer includes an adjustment control for changing an opacity of the one or more images from the imaging device.
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A radiation shield system, comprising:
- an x-ray device;
- and
- a radiation shield including an at least partially transparent display layer and an at least partially transparent radiation shield layer;
- and,
- wherein the x-ray device is in wireless communication with the at least partially transparent display layer such that one or more x-ray images from the x-ray device are producible on the at least partially transparent display layer;
- and wherein the at least partially transparent display layer includes an adjustment control for changing an opacity of the one or more x-ray images.
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A method of protecting a physician while attending to a patient and using imaging, comprising the steps of:
- providing an imaging device;
- providing a radiation shield such that the radiation shield is positionable between the physician and the patient, wherein the radiation shield includes an at least partially transparent display layer;
- wirelessly communicating one or more images from the imaging device to the radiation shield such that the one or more images from the imaging device are producible on the at least partially transparent display layer;
- and
- changing an opacity of the one or more images on the at least partially transparent display layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.