Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shielding assembly for a radioisotope delivery system having multiple radiation detectors
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Application No.: US16334884Application Date: 2017-09-20
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Publication No.: US10751432B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Andrew Schimmoeller , Clif Moyers , Adrian Nunn , Brian Cherundolo , Joseph Dennis
- Applicant: BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS INC.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Monroe Township
- Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Monroe Township
- Agency: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2017/052536 WO 20170920
- International Announcement: WO2018/057635 WO 20180329
- Main IPC: A61K51/12
- IPC: A61K51/12 ; G21G1/00 ; G21F5/015 ; G21G4/08 ; A61M5/00 ; A61M5/14 ; A61M5/162 ; A61M5/168 ; G01T1/20 ; G21H5/02 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
A shielding assembly may be used in a nuclear medicine infusion system that generates and infuse radioactive liquid into a patient undergoing a diagnostic imaging procedure. In some examples, the shielding assembly has multiple compartments each formed of a shielding material providing a barrier to radioactive radiation. For example, the shielding assembly may have a first compartment configured to receive a radioisotope generator that generates a radioactive eluate via elution, a second compartment configured to receive a beta detector, and a third compartment configured to receive a gamma detector. In some examples, the compartments are arranged to minimize background radiation emitted by the radioisotope generator and detected by the gamma detector to enhance the quality of the measurements made by the gamma detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200016284A1 SHIELDING ASSEMBLY FOR A RADIOISOTOPE DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE RADIATION DETECTORS Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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