ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,816, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Radiation protection apparatus" was invented by Chihebeddine Dahmani (Erlangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation protection apparatus of a medical X-ray imaging system for absorbing scattered X-rays emerging from an examination region, wherein the radiation protection apparatus comprises: a plurality of lead glass elements, wherein each of the plurality of lead glass elements is configured to move between a rest position and a shield position, and also relative to one another. In the shield position, the plurality of lead glass elem...