INTRODUCTION
Lead shielding is commonly used throughout the world to define the treatment profile of kilovoltage X-rays . The use of lead however presents a serious health concern for both patients and clinical centre workers. Tungsten Carbide provides an alternative to lead that offers equivalent performance without the health and safety concerns.
AttenuFlex™ – Malleable Tungsten Carbide shielding is used in Superficial and/or Orthovoltage Radiation Therapy where a patient requires full prescription dose to the skin surface. The AttenuFlex™ acts as a lead equivalent material, placed on the patient’s skin to minimise scattering of x-ray beams to non-targeted areas.
AttenuFlex™ contacts well with a patient’s skin surface, resulting in minimal air gaps and reduced radiation scatter. It is of uniform density and thickness, reproducible to position, and does not cause discomfort to the patient in either the creation or daily positioning of the shield. The AttenuFlex™ may be sanitised as required.
Attenuflex™
AttenuFlex™ is our proprietary, non-toxic and recyclable replacement for lead sheet shielding in Superficial and Orthovoltage radiation therapies, manufactured to 10 kg or 15 kg/m² lead equivalence.
Utilising advanced 3D computer aided design (CAD) and computer numerical control (CNC) techniques, 3D One has developed streamlined manufacturing processes that utilise an accurate profile of a patient’s required radiation therapy treatment area to create a precise, customised Superficial or Orthovoltage shield.
AttenuFlex™ allows Healthcare Professionals to deliver highly conformed X-ray treatment profiles that minimises exposure to healthy tissues. The 3D One AttenuFlex™ is malleable and available with, or without, a precise clinical centre defined aperture, that may be either regular-shaped (square, circle, ellipse) or patient-specific. The aperture is created utilising high accuracy water-jet cutting.
This process enables 3D One to provide on-demand custom-designed, malleable Tungsten Carbide shields for individualised patient treatment, efficiently and with rapid delivery.
WHY USE A 3D ONE Attenuflex™?
Non Toxic:
Lead and Cadmium free
Precise apertures:
Water Jet cut to clients requirements
Automated process for fast turnaround on demand:
Design and manufacture processes facilitate an accurate, on-demand, rapid service to your clinical centre
Comfortable patient experience:
Using the Attenuflex will not cause discomfort to the patient..
Reclaimable:
Non-toxic, Reclaimable for reuse
Malleable:
Tungsten Carbide Composite
