US 12,433,551 B2
Display device for reducing radiation exposure to medical personnel
Robert F. Wilson, Roseville, MN (US); John P. Gainor, Mendota Heights, MN (US); James Montague, Elk River, MN (US); and Uma S. Valeti, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to Egg Medical, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US)
Filed by Egg Medical, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/533,091.
Application 18/533,091 is a continuation of application No. 17/175,513, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,872,064.
Application 17/175,513 is a continuation of application No. 16/055,749, filed on Aug. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,945,687, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/541,367, filed on Aug. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099673 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); G21F 3/00 (2006.01); G21F 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/107 (2013.01) [A61B 6/462 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 6/548 (2013.01); A61B 6/56 (2013.01); G21F 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01); G21F 3/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation shield system, comprising:
an imaging device; and
a radiation shield including an at least partially transparent display layer; and,
wherein the imaging device is in wireless communication with the radiation shield such that one or more images from the imaging device are producible on the at least partially transparent display layer; and wherein the at least partially transparent display layer includes an adjustment control for changing an opacity of the one or more images from the imaging device.
 
16. A method of protecting a physician while attending to a patient and using imaging, comprising the steps of:
providing an imaging device;
providing a radiation shield such that the radiation shield is positionable between the physician and the patient, wherein the radiation shield includes an at least partially transparent display layer;
wirelessly communicating one or more images from the imaging device to the radiation shield such that the one or more images from the imaging device are producible on the at least partially transparent display layer; and
changing an opacity of the one or more images on the at least partially transparent display layer.