WAYNESBORO, Va., May 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radium Incorporated (Radium) announced today that it has been issued a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a new type of transparent radiation shield. Branded as ClearView Radiation Shielding™, the proprietary shielding solution is 50% lighter in weight than lead (Pb) for an equivalent attenuation from high energy gammas and shields significantly better than lead glass.

“We needed a lightweight but effective shielding solution for a product that we were developing and nothing available in the industry met our requirements,” said Cam Abernethy, President of Radium Incorporated. “Through our development and testing of different materials, we developed a solution that was transparent, non-toxic, and can take on any shape.”

U.S. Patent No. 10,262,763 is titled “Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Radiation Shielding” and comprises 20 claims. ClearView Radiation Shielding has been successfully used in the nuclear, medical, and radiopharmaceutical industries for over two years. ClearView has extensive applications with ongoing product development from medical and industrial equipment to wearable shields for space applications and first responders.
“In the medical field, ClearView offers successful high radiation dose reduction for inpatient radiotherapy procedures to hospitals like Boston Children’s for caregiver protection and other nuclear medicine applications. Hospitals will not have to reject baseline anxious patients and patients will be more willing to undergo therapy if they know they will not be secluded for days. Using ClearView will substantially support the healthcare industry,” said Jayeesh Bakshi, Nuclear Engineer at Radium Incorporated.

“Use of the ClearView transparent rolling shields has been well received by staff, patient and family members compared to the conventional opaque lead shields. Healthcare providers and caretakers have the ability to visibly monitor and see the patient in radiation isolation while allowing us to adequately provide sufficient measures of radiation protection.” - Bae P. Chu, Health Physicist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

“We recently treated our first patient using the ClearView shielding. The patient, the family, and our staff loved it. Having the ClearView shields is a tremendous improvement for our patients. We can’t thank you enough.” - Greg Yanik MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System.

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