Patent granted to nanotech-based hazard suits

January 27, 2009: Miami-based Radiation Shield Technologies has been granted a US patent that secures its rights to the nanotech inside the company’s proprietary Demron protective material, according to a company news release.

Patent No. 7,476,889, “Radiation Detectable and Protective Articles” covers the company’s suits made to withstand chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents, the news release said.

Demron contains what the company calls an “advanced radiopaque nanopolymeric compound” fused between layers of fabric and manufactured into lightweight nuclear-radiation blocking garments including full-body suits, vests, blankets and medical X-ray vests and aprons.


Demron full body suit. (Photo courtesy of Business Wire)

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