US 11,986,032 B2
Method of clothed treatment during radiation therapy and garment for same
Benjamin Jeremiah Sintay, Summerfield, NC (US); Sudhakar Puvvada, Cary, NC (US); Thomas Lane Hayes, Greensboro, NC (US); David Brian Wiant, Kernersville, NC (US); and Nicholas Corey Koch, Greensboro, NC (US)
Assigned to The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation, Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed by The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation, Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/097,922.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,998, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145090 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A41D 13/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1236 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/107 (2013.01); A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A treatment garment for use by patients during radiation treatment and diagnostic procedures, comprising a fabric,
wherein the garment is configured for wearing on at least a portion of a subject's body, to produce a local bolus effect factor of no more than 1.3 when the body is exposed, through the fabric, to a polyenergetic x-ray radiation beam of from 6 MV up to 18 MV, or a therapeutic particle beam with a range in water to the distal 50% of 2 cm or greater, wherein the garment is configured to be loose-fitting on the portion of the subject's body.