Ronald DeMeo, MD, MBA, president and CEO with Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), today announced the company has been granted U.S. nanotechnology patent No. 7,476,889 titled “Radiation Detectable and Protective Articles” by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It secures the nanotechnology in RST’s proprietary Demron, the world’s first and only protective material for all types of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents.
Demron, which also has many other U.S. and international patents, consists of 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.