ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,692, issued on March 24, was assigned to MAVIG GMBH (Munich).
"X-ray protective garment" was invented by Heinrich Eder (Munich) and Barbara Ballsieper (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray protective garment for protecting a user against X-rays emitted by an X-ray source, wherein the X-ray protective garment comprises: a first X-ray protective garment with a first X-ray protective material having a first lead equivalent value; and a second X-ray protective garment with a second X-ray protective material having a second lead equivalent value. The second X-ray protective garment overlaps the first X-ray protective garment in...