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US 12,567,511 B2Granted
Production of highly purified 212PB
AssigneeSciencons AS
InventorRoy H. Larsen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to assemblies and method for obtaining a container comprising 212Pb on the walls obtained from a 212Pb precursor isotope source. The invention provides an improved system and method for producing 212Pb in high purity without the need for processing, with high yields, and which safely and efficiently can be transported to the locations where it is to be used.
Claims32
A radioisotope generator comprising:
- a solid precursor isotope source configured to emanate one or more gaseous progeny isotopes, the solid precursor isotope source comprising a ceramic material retaining a precursor isotope, wherein the precursor isotope is adsorbed, absorbed, and/or bound to the ceramic material;
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- wherein the radioisotope generator is configured to expose a collector surface to the one or more gaseous progeny isotopes to deposit one or more solid progeny isotopes on the collector surface.
A method of generating a progeny radioisotope, the method comprising:
- allowing one or more gaseous progeny isotopes to emanate from a solid precursor isotope source, the solid precursor isotope source comprising a ceramic material retaining a precursor isotope, wherein the precursor isotope is adsorbed, absorbed, and/or bound to the ceramic material;
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- exposing a collector surface to the one or more gaseous progeny isotopes to deposit one or more solid progeny isotopes on the collector surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.