US 11,937,957 B2
Radiation shielding apparatuses and applications thereof
Jonathan Yifat, Ramat Hasharon (IL); Amir Belson, Savyon (IL); and Amichay Gross, Herzliya (IL)
Assigned to Radiaction Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Radiaction Ltd, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,585.
Application 17/317,090 is a division of application No. 15/972,051, filed on May 4, 2018, granted, now 11,006,909, issued on May 18, 2021.
Application 18/080,585 is a continuation of application No. 17/317,090, filed on May 11, 2021, granted, now 11,547,375.
Application 15/972,051 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2016/061202, filed on Nov. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/354,932, filed on Jun. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/252,664, filed on Nov. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181132 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G01T 1/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/04 (2006.01); G21F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/107 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); G01T 1/00 (2013.01); G01T 1/04 (2013.01); G21F 3/00 (2013.01); A61B 6/102 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A system for shielding surroundings from radiation emitted by an X-ray system externally positioned around the periphery of a region of interest located inside an object, the system comprising:
at least one radiation shield assembly connectable to the X-ray system, said radiation shield assembly includes a support base operatively connectable to a radiation source or a radiation detector of the X-ray system, and a plurality of individually controllable radiation shield segments sequentially positioned relative to said support base and extendable towards the object;
means for determining a chosen proximity of a free end of at least one of said radiation shield segments to an opposing portion of the object; and
means for individually actuating, and extending or retracting one or more of said at least one radiation shield segments relative to said support base, until said free end is at said chosen proximity to said opposing portion of the object.