Patent ID: 8445093

Claim:
A sterile cover intended to cover at least part of the height of a screen ( 1 ) made of radioprotective material ensuring protection of an operator against the ionizing radiation emissions of the X-ray type, wherein said screen ( 1 ), of the type having an L-shaped horizontal cross-section, is made up of a front wall ( 2 ) associated with a side wall ( 3 ) extending perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly from said front wall ( 2 ), wherein said front wall ( 2 ) is provided with two orifices ( 10 , 11 ) for the passage of the arms of said operator, a first passage orifice ( 10 ) being arranged in the vicinity of the angle formed by said front ( 2 ) and side ( 3 ) walls, a second passage orifice ( 11 ) being located at the free edge ( 13 ) of said front wall ( 2 ) and being laterally open, thus having the general form of a horizontally oriented circular arc or U-shaped indentation, characterized in that said sterile cover ( 20 ) is in the form of a single part, which comprises at least two panels, one being referred to as the “inner panel” ( 22 a ) and the other being referred to as the “outer panel” ( 21 a ), shaped so as to cover at least the inner and outer faces of said front wall ( 2 ), respectively, over at least part of their height extending below and above said arm passage orifices ( 10 , 11 ), wherein said inner ( 22 a ) and outer ( 21 a ) panels are connected by a junction region ( 23 ) shaped so as to match at least part of the height of the free edge ( 13 ) of said front wall ( 2 ), said junction region ( 23 ) comprising an indentation ( 38 ) shaped so as to match the edge of said second passage orifice ( 11 ), and wherein said inner ( 22 a ) and outer ( 21 a ) panels are each provided with an opening ( 30 , 33 ) intended to be placed on either side of said first passage orifice ( 10 ), the opening ( 30 , 33 ) of at least one of said panels ( 21 a , 22 a ) being provided with a flexible tubular element ( 34 ) forming a kind of cuff, said cuff ( 34 ) being intended to be passed through said first orifice ( 10 ), so as to cover the edge thereof and to guarantee asepsis of said orifice ( 10 ).