US 12,213,816 B2
Radiation protection apparatus
Chihebeddine Dahmani, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/146,833.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 215 117.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210479 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/107 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation protection apparatus of a medical X-ray imaging system for absorbing scattered X-rays emerging from an examination region, the radiation protection apparatus comprising:
a plurality of lead glass elements, each of the plurality of lead glass elements configured to move between a rest position and a shield position, and configured to move relative to one another, wherein
in the shield position, the plurality of lead glass elements form a radiation shield between the examination region and a region occupiable by medical staff.