Radioisotope generator
AssigneeByk-Mallinckrodt CIL B.V.
InventorHarm M. Benjamins
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Abstract
Disclosed is a radioisotope generator useful in the process of eluting a daughter radioisotope from an adsorbed parent radioisotope. The radioisotope generator comprises a column containing carrier material adapted to adsorb the parent radioisotope and including an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The outlet opening of the column is connected to a tapping point on the generator by an eluate conduit, the tapping point adapted to receive an evaluated elution vial so that a liquid eluate containing the daughter radioisotope can be obtained from the generator under vacuum. The generator further includes a device for interrupting the elution process before the elution vial is entirely filled while simultaneously exposing the generator to sterile air both in the direction of the generator column and of the elution vial.
Claims11
A radioisotope generator comprising a column containing carrier material adapted to adsorb a parent isotope, said column including an inlet opening and outlet opening, the outlet opening connected to a tapping point by an eluate conduit, the tapping point adapted to receive an evacuated elution vial so that a liquid eluate containing a daughter radioisotope can be obtained from the generator under vacuum, characterized in that the generator includes means for interrupting the elution process before the elution vial is entirely filled, said interrupting means simultaneously exposing the generator to sterile air both in the direction of the generator column and of the elution vial.
A device for interrupting an elution process in a radioisotope generator including a column containing carrier material adapted to adsorb a parent isotope, characterized in that the device includes means for interrupting the elution process before an elution vial is entirely filled while simultaneously exposing the generator to sterile air both in the direction of the generator column and of the elution vial.
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