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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2005
Kenneth P. Martin, Watertown, MA (US);
Anthony Honnellio, Billerica, MA (US);
Lee Grodzins, Lexington, MA (US);
Kenneth P. Martin, Watertown, MA (US);
Anthony Honnellio, Billerica, MA (US);
Lee Grodzins, Lexington, MA (US);
Thermo NITON Analyzers LLC, Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A radiation shield and method for reducing ambient radiation levels at a distance from a surface irradiated by penetrating radiation emanating from an instrument substantially along a propagation axis. The shield attaches to an end of the instrument proximate to an irradiated surface and has a surface of attenuating material disposed with a component extending outward from the propagation axis of penetrating radiation and substantially adjacent to the irradiated surface.