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US 4,562,829 AGranted
Strontium-rubidium infusion system
AssigneeE. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
InventorBrian C. Bergner
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Abstract
The strontium-rubidium infusion system includes means for generating a solution containing rubidium-82, measuring the radioactivity in the solution, and infusing it into a patient in order to perform various studies on the patient's heart. The system includes a wash syringe which can be used by a physician to manually inject a bolus containing a large amount of radioactivity directly into a patient in order to perform first pass ventriculography studies.
Claims12
A strontium-rubidium infusion system comprising:
- (a) means for generating rubidium-82 in a solution which can be infused into a patient;
- (b) means for collecting a predefined volume of solution containing rubidium-82;
- (c) means for measuring the radioactivity present in said predefined volume before it is infused into said patient;
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- (d) means for quickly infusing said predefined volume of rubidium-82 into said patient as a single bolus.
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