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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Patrick a Batten, Ft Collins, CO (US);
James P Wester, Loveland, CO (US);
Patrick A Batten, Ft Collins, CO (US);
James P Wester, Loveland, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Materials and methods of manufacturing radiation shielded enclosures is presented that may replace the use of lead, granite and other heavy, expensive, toxic, environmentally unfriendly or otherwise undesirable materials and manufacturing methods. The present invention provides a high-density radiation shielding enclosure manufactured by cold casting a liquid refined iron ore or taconite composite material into a mold of an enclosure of an appropriate shape and size to house an x-ray imaging system. The method of manufacture may include applying an iron ore or tungsten composite caulking compound to the radiation shielding enclosure in order to seal any radiation leaks in the radiation shielding enclosure.