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US 2018/0008949 A1Published application
Piercing Device
AssigneeGe Healthcare Limited
InventorsXavier Franci, Philippe Dumont, Steve Lignon, Audrey Marie Lange, Nicolas Verbrugge
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for the production of a radiopharmaceutical including a radiosynthesis apparatus and a disposable cassette. The system of the invention includes a device that enables a position on the cassette to be freed for inclusion of an additional reagent vial. With the system of the invention a broader range of radiochemical syntheses can be envisaged using the cassette.
Claims12
A system for the production of a radiopharmaceutical comprising:
- (i) a cassette comprising all the reagents required to produce two batches of said radiopharmaceutical when a radioisotope is introduced into said cassette, wherein each of said reagents is contained in a stoppered reagent vial that is pierced by a spike by automated movement of said stoppered reagent vial and/or said spike;
- (ii) an automated radiosynthesiser onto which said cassette removably fits and which comprises moving parts that control operation of the cassette, wherein one such moving part is a device to facilitate the automated piercing of one of said stoppered reagent vials wherein said device is attached to the outside of said automated radiosynthesiser and comprises a support and a substantially rigid rod housed within said support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.