# US 9,039,592 B2 · Radiopharmaceutical delivery device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,039,592 B2 - Document ID: US9039592B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/828,987 - Filed: 2013-03-14 - Published: 2013-12-12 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2012-06-07 - Assignees: Bayer Medical Care Inc. - Applicants: Medrad, Inc. - Inventors: Ryan Kaintz; Jason L. Bazala; Douglas DeScalzi; Scott R. Griffith; Bruno Fazi; Charles Marsh; James A. Agamaite; Matthew Sass; Carl Michael Benson; Matthew Beale; Courtney N. Southard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039592B2 ## CPC - A61M 39/223: {Multiway valves} - A61M 5/007: {for contrast media} - A61M 5/1413: {Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements} - A61M 5/14546: {Front-loading type injectors} - A61N 5/1001: {using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy} - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/6036: characterised by physical shape, e.g. array of activating switches - A61M 2205/6063: Optical identification systems - A61M 2205/84: for treating several patients simultaneously - A61N 2005/1021: {Radioactive fluid} - A61N 2005/1094: {Shielding, protecting against radiation} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract A device for delivery of a radiopharmaceutical and, in some embodiments, delivery of a pharmaceutical agent are provided herein. A fluid path set comprising a confluence valve, a four-way valve, and one or more tubing sections which are designed to place some combination of a radiopharmaceutical source, a medical fluid source, and a pharmaceutical agent source in sterile fluid communication with a patient or a waste receptacle. Also provided are holders for the fluid path set, and a sterile fluid delivery kit comprising the holder and fluid path set. A fluid delivery system may accept the holder with the fluid path set installed and various sources of radiopharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and medical fluids. The fluid delivery system allows for automated mixing and delivery of exact amounts of these agents to a patient while improving efficiency and safety, and reducing waste. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluid path set for use in a fluid delivery system, the fluid path set comprising: a confluence valve; a four-way valve; a first tubing section in fluid communication with a first input and the confluence valve; a second tubing section in fluid communication with a second input and the confluence valve; a third tubing section in fluid communication with the confluence valve and the four-way valve; an output tubing section in fluid communication with the four-way valve and at least one output fitting; a waste tubing section in fluid communication with the four-way valve and at least one waste receptacle; and an auxiliary tubing section in fluid communication with the four-way valve and the confluence valve. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, further comprising a coil assembly disposed between the confluence valve and the four-way valve in fluid communication with at least the third tubing section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, further comprising a medical fluid storage container coupled to the first input. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The fluid path set of claim 3, wherein the medical fluid storage container comprises a cylindrical device having a plunger slidably inserted into the medical fluid storage container creating a seal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The fluid path set of claim 3, further comprising a connector configured to connect to a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the medical fluid storage container. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, wherein the second input comprises a vial spike. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, further comprising a pharmaceutical delivery port in fluid communication with the output tubing section. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, wherein the at least one waste receptacle comprises an IV bag. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, further comprising one or more of joints, linear joints, T-joints, 4-way joints, valves, check valves, by-pass valves, stop cocks, linkers, luer linkers, screw-type linkers, pressure fittings, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, wherein each of the first tubing section, the second tubing section, the third tubing section, the output tubing section, the waste tubing section, and the auxiliary tubing section are permanently attached to at least one of the confluence valve and the four-way valve. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, wherein the first input, the second input, the output fitting, or combinations thereof comprise a swabable valve. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fluid path set of claim 1, further comprising: a portable tray operably coupled to the fluid path set, wherein the portable tray is configured to hold and separate components of the fluid path set. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The fluid path set of claim 12, wherein the portable tray comprises a rigid material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The fluid path set of claim 12, wherein the portable tray comprises multiple grooves designed and configured to accept one or more of the first tubing section, the second tubing section, the third tubing section, the output tubing section, the waste tubing section, and the auxiliary tubing section. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The fluid path set of claim 12, wherein the portable tray comprises one or more openings. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The fluid path set of claim 12, wherein the portable tray comprises a vial spike permanently attached to a portion of the portable tray. ### Claim 17 A portable fluid path set tray comprising: an upper side and a lower side; multiple grooves on the upper side designed and configured to accept and separate components of a fluid path set, wherein the components of the fluid path set comprise a first tubing section, a second tubing section, a third tubing section, an output tubing section, a waste tubing section, and an auxiliary tubing section; and a vial spike permanently attached to the tray. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The portable fluid path set tray of claim 17, wherein the tray comprises a rigid material. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The portable fluid path set tray of claim 17, further comprising one or more handles. ### Claim 20 (depends on 2) The fluid path set of claim 2, wherein the coil assembly comprises a tubing section formed in a helical coil of between about 5 and about 7 turns of a portion of the third tubing section. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The fluid path set of claim 20, wherein the coil assembly further comprises a core structure around which the helical coil is formed, the core structure comprising an upper shoulder and a lower shoulder that define a tube channel therebetween, the upper and lower shoulders adapted to retain the helical coil therebetween within the tube channel. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The portable fluid path set tray of claim 17, wherein the tray further comprises grooves or openings designed and configured to accept a confluence valve and a four-way valve, wherein the confluence valve is in fluid communication with the first tubing section, the second tubing section, and the third tubing section, and wherein the four-way valve is in fluid communication with the third tubing section, the output tubing section, the waste tubing section, and the auxiliary tubing section. ### Claim 23 A sterile fluid delivery kit comprising: a fluid path set including: a confluence valve, a four-way valve, a first tubing section in fluid communication with a first input and the confluence valve, a second tubing section in fluid communication with a second input and the confluence valve, a third tubing section in fluid communication with the confluence valve and the four-way valve, an output tubing section in fluid communication with the four-way valve and at least one output fitting, a waste tubing section in fluid communication with the four-way valve and at least one waste receptacle, and an auxiliary tubing section in fluid communication with the four-way valve and the confluence valve; a portable fluid path set tray composed of a rigid material and operably coupled to the fluid path set, wherein the fluid path set tray comprises: an upper side and a lower side, multiple grooves on the upper side designed and configured to accept and separate components of the fluid path set, and a vial spike permanently attached to the portable fluid path set tray; and a package defining an interior space adapted to house the fluid path set and the portable fluid path set tray, wherein the interior space of the package, the fluid path set, and the portable fluid path set tray are sterile. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The sterile delivery kit of claim 23, wherein the portable fluid path set tray further comprises: a medical fluid storage container coupled to the first input; and a coil assembly disposed between the confluence valve and the four-way valve in fluid communication with at least the third tubing section.