Strontium-rubidium infusion system
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1. 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; and
(d) means for quickly infusing said predefined volume of rubidium-82 into said patient as a single bolus.
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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.
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1. A strontium-rubidium infusion system comprising:
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(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; and (d) means for quickly infusing said predefined volume of rubidium-82 into said patient as a single bolus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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