Patent ID: 7829873

Claim:
A radiation protection shield for protecting medical personnel from radiation being applied to a patient positioned on a table, the shield comprising: a frame having a plurality of vertical supports that divide a radiation-source side of the frame from a user side of the frame; a primary screen including a radiation-resistant material, the primary screen connected to said frame; a secondary screen slidably connected to the primary screen so that the secondary screen is moveable along a plane defined by the plurality of vertical supports to one of a retracted configuration and an extended configuration; and an upper flange extending (i) across at least a portion of the frame and (ii) from a top region of the secondary screen and towards the radiation-source side of the frame, the upper flange effective in reduction of radiation scatter; wherein the upper flange effectuates reduction of radiation scatter in both of the first retracted configuration and the extended configuration; the shield further comprising a shelf having (i) a shelf outer end on a side of the shelf adjacent to an outer end of the frame and (ii) a shelf inner end on a side of the shelf opposite to the shelf outer end, the shelf having a varying width that is wider at the shelf outer end than the shelf inner end.