A radioisotope elution system is provided, that has at least a component comprised in a cabinet and accessible via a door equipped with an authentication system to ensure safety. The system may also have a user interface equipped with an authentication system. It is also provided a radioisotope elution system that has a dose calibrator equipped with a lifting mechanism for lifting and/or lowering the vial to be tested in the dose calibrator. Advantageously, the lifting mechanism may be controlled for preventing the vial from being lifted during a quality control test on a sample of eluate in the vial. This feature prevents a user from tampering and/or interfering with the vial while a quality control testing is in progress. In another feature, there is provided a radioisotope elution system with a scanning system for entering information about the radioisotope generator and/or the patient in the system. Systems ensuring that the eluant reservoir contains a saline solution are proposed.
G01N 37/00 - Details not covered by any other group of this subclass
A61M 1/00 - Suction or pumping devices for medical purposesDevices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquidsDrainage systems
A61M 36/06 - Arrangements specially adapted for placing, e.g. inhaling or injecting, radioactive material within the body by fluid injection of radioactive or enhancing agent through a body-piercing conduit
G01N 27/06 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating resistance of a liquid
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IMPROVED ELUTION PROTOCOLS AND DOSAGES FOR RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL ELUTION SYSTEM
A radioisotope elution system is provided. The radioisotope elution system may comprise a controller that is configured to calculate the available amount of daughter radioisotope at any time during establishment of the equilibrium for decay of the parent radioisotope into its daughter radioisotope. The radioisotope elution system may comprise a controller that is configured to schedule various patient infusions planned for the next following days and weeks in accordance with the available amount of daughter radioisotope on each day. The elution system may also comprise a controller that is connected to the imaging software of a radioisotope imaging device, where the radioisotope imaging device is arranged for imaging the patient or a region of the patient; and the controller is configured to start an image acquisition at a predetermined time.
A61M 36/04 - Arrangements specially adapted for placing, e.g. inhaling or injecting, radioactive material within the body
A61M 36/06 - Arrangements specially adapted for placing, e.g. inhaling or injecting, radioactive material within the body by fluid injection of radioactive or enhancing agent through a body-piercing conduit
G01T 1/29 - Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beamMeasurement of spatial distribution of radiation
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