System and Method for Implementing a Suspended Personal Radiation Protection System
AssigneeInterventco, LLC
InventorChet R. Rees
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Abstract
A personal radiation protection garment that substantially contours to an operator's body is suspended from a suspension means. The garment is operable to protect the operator from radiation. The suspension means is operable to apply constant force. The suspension means allows operator wearing protective radiation garment to move freely in the X, Y, and Z spatial planes simultaneously, such that the protective radiation garment is substantially weightless to operator. A radiation protection face shield and flap can also be suspended from suspension means, such that face shield and flap are substantially weightless to operator. The suspension means can be mounted to a ceiling.
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A method, comprising:
- Providing a garment that substantially contours to and stays in relative contact with an operator's body via fastening means, but not the operator's head, to protect a portion of the operator's body from radiation, and wherein the garment is suspended from a suspension component, wherein the suspension component includes a bridge configured to ride along one or more rails, and the suspension component includes a trolley that rides along the bridge, and wherein the bridge is capable of providing a purely lateral axis of motion and the trolley is capable of providing a purely linear axis of motion, the garment being configured to secure a face shield thereon, the face shield protecting at least a portion of the operator's head from radiation.
A system, comprising:
- Providing a garment that substantially contours to and stays in relative contact with an operator's body via fastening means, but not the operator's head, to protect a portion of the operator's body from radiation, and wherein the garment is suspended from a suspension component, wherein the suspension component includes a bridge configured to ride along one or more rails, and the suspension component includes a trolley that rides along the bridge, and wherein the bridge is capable of providing a purely lateral axis of motion and the trolley is capable of providing a purely linear axis of motion, the garment being configured to secure a face shield thereon, the face shield protecting at least a portion of the operator's head from radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.