Invention Application
- Patent Title: MODIFICATION TO LEADED EYEWEAR FOR SIGNIFICANT OPERATOR EYE RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION
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Application No.: US17763983Application Date: 2020-09-25
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Publication No.: US20220370248A1Publication Date: 2022-11-24
- Inventor: Melissa KIRKWOOD , Jeffrey GUILD , Gary ARBIQUE
- Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Current Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- International Application: PCT/US2020/052803 WO 20200925
- Main IPC: A61F9/02
- IPC: A61F9/02

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a removable eyewear shielding device, an eyewear comprising a removable eyewear shielding device, and methods of uses thereof for reducing eye radiation exposure, reducing ipsilateral brain radiation exposure, reducing FGI-induced lens opacification, reducing cataract development, or protecting an eye or ipsilateral brain from radiation exposure.
Public/Granted literature
- US12109152B2 Modification to leaded eyewear for significant operator eye radiation dose reduction Public/Granted day:2024-10-08
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