US 12,109,152 B2
Modification to leaded eyewear for significant operator eye radiation dose reduction
Melissa Kirkwood, Dallas, TX (US); Jeffrey Guild, Arlington, TX (US); and Gary Arbique, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/763,983
Filed by THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/052803
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/062211, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,005, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,813, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370248 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/025 (2013.01) [A61F 9/029 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removable eyewear shielding device comprising:
a shielding panel comprising:
i) an inferior curved edge (20),
ii) a superior curved edge (30),
iii) a thin edge (40) joining a first end of the inferior curved edge (20a) to a first end of the superior curved edge (30a), and
iv) a wide edge (50) joining a second end of the inferior curved edge (20b) to a second end of the superior curved edge (30b);
wherein the removable eyewear shielding device is configured to be attached to and detached from an eyewear frame comprising a superior lens frame portion (1), an inferior lens frame portion (2), a first lateral lens frame portion (3) joining the inferior lens frame portion (2) to the superior lens frame portion (1) at a hinge (7) side of the eyewear frame, a second lateral lens frame portion (4) joining the inferior lens frame portion (2) to the superior lens frame portion (1), a nasal bridge (5), and a temple (8), and
wherein an inferior portion of the shielding panel (12) is configured to extend from the inferior lens frame portion (2) of the eyewear frame to a position below a user's lower cheekbone when the removable eyewear shielding is attached to the nasal bridge (5) and the temple (8) of the eyewear frame.