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US 8,044,377 B2Granted
Shielded container
AssigneeMedi-Physics, Inc.
InventorsKevin Helle, Jay Reed, Michael T. Schneider
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Abstract
The present invention provides a radiation-shielding container for a radiopharmaceutical that may be magnetically picked and placed, assembled and dis-assembled.
Claims12
A radiation-shielding container for storing and transporting a radiopharmaceutical, said container comprising:
- a cap comprising an elongate cylindrical cap shield formed from a radiation-shielding material and having an open end defining a cap aperture and an opposed closed end, said cap shield including an outer cap shield surface and an inner cap shield surface, said inner cap shield surface defining a cap cavity in fluid communication with said cap aperture;
- a base comprising an elongate cylindrical base shield formed from a radiation-shielding material and having an open end defining a base aperture and an opposed closed end, said base shield including an outer base shield surface and an inner base shield surface, said inner base shield surface defining a base cavity in fluid communication with said base aperture;
- a first ferromagnetic plug positioned adjacent to an outer surface of one of said cap shield and said base shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.