Patents by Inventor Marianne Herr

Marianne Herr has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Radiation protection device, particularly for medical X-ray, radiation therapy and diagnostic use
    Patent number: 4254341
    Abstract: To protect doctors and other personnel from stray radiation when using therapeutic or diagnostic X-ray or other radiation apparatus, a lead apron is suspended from a dolly or carriage rolling in a track system secured to the ceiling in which the radiation apparatus is located. The dolly or carriage can be similar to that of already existing rolling equipment. It has a centrally positioned hanger arrangement which has a turning hanger secured to the dolly to which a tension spring is attached which supports the lead apron hanger, by having attached thereto an element generally in the form of a clothes hanger from which the apron, itself, is suspended by means of an adjustable strap suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Marianne Herr
    Inventors: Marianne Herr, Stephen H. Frishauf