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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Steven Leslie Hills, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicholas Bantle Masson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Leslie Hills, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicholas Bantle Masson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Morpho Detection, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A curtain assembly includes at least one curtain including at least one slat. The at least one curtain is configured to be rotatably coupled to a housing of a scanning system having a radiation source and a detector. The at least one curtain is further configured to facilitate drawing an object into the scanning system housing while substantially preventing radiation emitted from the radiation source from exiting the housing through the at least one curtain.