Movable shield for reducing radiation exposure of medical personnel

a technology of x-ray radiation and movable shield, which is applied in the field of reducing the exposure of medical personnel to x-ray radiation, can solve the problems of significant cumulative dose of radiation exposure to the operator, significant cumulative risk associated with a lifetime of exposure, and long and complex procedures, so as to reduce radiation exposure, reduce radiation scattering, and reduce patient morbidity and mortality rate
US20140029720A1Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-30OSHEROV AZRIEL BINYAMIN +2
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
OSHEROV AZRIEL BINYAMIN
Publication Date
2014-01-30
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A movable device holds a radiation protection drape for reducing exposure and protecting medical personnel from hazardous X-ray radiation scattered by the patient during fluoroscopy. The device enables positioning an X-ray opaque drape such that it covers the patient in an anatomically and procedurally compatible ways that reduces significantly the scattered radiation towards the operators. The device is capable of repositioning the X-ray opaque drape according to the C-arm movement to prevent interfering with the X-ray beam and the fluoroscopy image. The device is simple to use, reusable, and intended for the invasive, diagnostic and interventional procedure done in the catheterization laboratory.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to reducing exposure of medical personnel to X-ray radiation scattered by the patient body during fluoroscopic procedures.

[0002] The harmful effect of radiation was soon recognised after the discovery of X-ray by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895 yet the carcinogenesis potential of X-rays was not discovered till the middle of the twentieth century.

[0003] Although the acute effects of radiation are not commonly a problem, the probability of occurrence of stochastic effect leading to cancer is directly related to the radiation dose.

[0004] Stochastic effect is particularly important because there is no threshold below which, the radiation induced effect will not occur. Medical personnel involved in x-ray guided interventional procedures, including invasive and interventional cardiologists, have frequent exposure through, fluoroscopy and cineangiography; many of the above are long and complex procedures. Procedures done through the radial ar...

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