Arrangement for protecting the gonads in X-ray diagnostics

An arrangement for protecting portions of a person being X-rayed for use in connection with diagnostic X-ray appliances provided with an anti-diffusing screen and a light visor to indicate the object field of the X-rays;

• said arrangement comprising:
• a mounting device which is attachable to the anti-diffusing screen,
• a shadow-casting means movably supported by said mounting device, said shadow-casting means including a support made of a material permeable to light and X-rays and a shadow plate made of a substance impermeable to light and X-rays,
• wherein the mounting device includes a mounting frame with two spaced longitudinal legs and at least one cross leg attached to said longitudinal legs, each of said at least one cross legs being provided with a longitudinal slot therethrough, wherein said support of said shadow-casting means is fashioned as a support plate which has a lateral dimension less than the lateral dimension of the respective slots in said cross legs, said support plate being insertable in and displaceable both longitudinally and laterally in said slots, and
• wherein resilient means are provided in said slots for maintaining said support plate in respective adjusted positions.