Adjustable, multi-panel lead acrylic radiation barrier

An adjustable radiation barrier for providing adjustable protection during radiographic procedures against radiation incident from multiple directions simultaneously, the radiation barrier comprising:

• an axis post;
• a support mast wherein the axis post is retained by the support mast, wherein the support mast comprises a distal mast section that is telescopingly received into a proximal mast section;
• a height locking mechanism operative to selectively lock the distal mast section at a given degree of extension relative to the proximal mast section;
• a first radiation shield of radiation shielding material with a lead equivalence, wherein the first radiation shield has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and wherein the first radiation shield is pivotally retained by the axis post;
• a second radiation shield of radiation shielding material with a lead equivalence, wherein the second radiation shield has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, wherein the second radiation shield is pivotally retained by the axis post, and wherein the first and second radiation shields together form a radiation shield assembly;
• wherein the first and second radiation shields are selectively pivotable in relation to one another to permit an adjustment of a profile, size, and shape of a radiation protective area provided by the radiation barrier;
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• a rotation lock operative to selectively fix the first and second radiation shields against pivoting relative to the axis post, wherein the rotation lock comprises a reception slot fixedly retained by the proximal mast section.

An adjustable radiation barrier for providing adjustable protection during radiographic procedures against radiation incident from multiple directions simultaneously, the radiation barrier comprising:

• an axis post with a center axis;
• a first radiation shield of radiation shielding material with a lead equivalence, wherein the first radiation shield has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and wherein the first radiation shield is pivotally retained by the axis post;
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• a second radiation shield of radiation shielding material with a lead equivalence, wherein the second radiation shield has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, wherein the second radiation shield is pivotally retained by the axis post, and wherein the first and second radiation shields together form a radiation shield assembly;
• wherein the first and second radiation shields are selectively pivotable in relation to one another to permit an adjustment of a profile, size, and shape of a radiation protective area provided by the radiation barrier;
• wherein the first radiation shield pivots about the axis post in a plane laterally displaced from the center axis by a distance D1, wherein the second radiation shield pivots about the axis post in a plane laterally displaced from the center axis by a distance D2, wherein the distance D2 is greater than the distance D1 by a dimension sufficient to permit the first radiation shield to be pivoted into position interior to and in immediate facing juxtaposition with the second radiation shield in a plane parallel thereto, and wherein the first and second radiation shields have a closed configuration wherein the first and second radiation shields are disposed in a nesting relationship with the proximal end portions of both the first and second radiation shields disposed to a single side of the axis post and with the first radiation shield disposed interior to the second radiation shield;
• wherein the first radiation shield is pivotally retained relative to the axis post by upper and lower mounting brackets, wherein the second radiation shield is pivotally retained relative to the axis post by upper and lower mounting brackets, and wherein the mounting brackets that pivotally retain the second radiation shield have a depth greater than a depth of the mounting brackets that pivotally retain the first radiation shield by a dimension corresponding to the difference between the distance D2 and the distance D1, and wherein one of the first and second radiation shield has notches in the proximal end portion thereof for receiving the mounting brackets of the other of the first and second radiation shields therethrough when the first and second radiation shields are disposed in the closed configuration.