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US 2022/0022829 A1Published application
Protective shield for radiology scanners
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsTerrence R. Oakes, Azam Syed Ahmed, Joseph A. Kiel, Jordan Henry, Andrew Culp
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Abstract
A shield for the bore of radiology scanners provides a resilient sheet material that can be compressed against the inner surface of the bore by a circumference expander greatly simplifying installation.
Claims21
A shield for a medical scanner having a cylindrical bore, the shield comprising:
- a sterile resilient sheet sized to fit loosely within the bore of a medical scanner in a first relaxed state and then to flex outward against an inner circumference of the bore in a second compressed state upon circumferentially directed compressive forces on the resilient sheet, the resilient sheet in the second state extending along an axial length of the bore and over at least 50% of a circumference bore.
A method of draping for a medical scanner having a cylindrical bore comprising the steps of:
- (a) fitting a resilient sheet into the bore in a first reduced diameter state;
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- (b) applying a circumferential compressive force to the edges of the resilient sheet to press the resilient sheet against an inner circumference of the bore in a second expanded diameter state with the resilient sheet extending along an axial length of the bore and over at least 50% of a circumference bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.