Radiopharmaceutical pig and transportation apparatus
First Claim
1. A radiopharmaceutical transportation apparatus comprising:
- a radiation shielding pig having an elongated sidewall that extends between two closed ends and defines an elongated, interior chamber, the sidewall being thinner than each of the closed ends; and
a radiation shield, having a length and a width, that defines a cavity, at least a portion of the radiation shielding pig being capable of fitting within the cavity, the radiation shield having an open end having an open end width, another end opposite said open end having another end width and a central area between the two ends, wherein said central area has a width that is wider than one of said end widths.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for transporting radiopharmaceutical substances. The apparatus comprises a radiation shielding pig having an elongated sidewall that extends between two ends and that defines an elongated, interior chamber. The sidewall is thinner than each of the ends. A radiation shield defines at least one cavity. The shield has two open ends and a central area between the open ends that is thicker than each of the two open ends. Also, a method of assembling and disassembling the apparatus includes, placing a syringe filled with a radiopharmaceutical substance into the pig; placing the pig containing the filled syringe in the radiation shield; placing the pig and the shield into an ammunition can for transporting the radioactive substance contained in the syringe.
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21 Claims
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1. A radiopharmaceutical transportation apparatus comprising:
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a radiation shielding pig having an elongated sidewall that extends between two closed ends and defines an elongated, interior chamber, the sidewall being thinner than each of the closed ends; and
a radiation shield, having a length and a width, that defines a cavity, at least a portion of the radiation shielding pig being capable of fitting within the cavity, the radiation shield having an open end having an open end width, another end opposite said open end having another end width and a central area between the two ends, wherein said central area has a width that is wider than one of said end widths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of assembling a radiation shielding pig comprising:
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placing a syringe with a radiopharmaceutical substance that emits a defined amount of radioactivity into a pig, said pig having an elongated sidewall that extends between two closed ends and defines an elongated interior chamber, the sidewall being thinner than each of the two closed ends;
placing the radioactive shielding pig containing the filled syringe into a cavity of a radiation shield, at least a portion of the radiation shielding pig being within the cavity, the radiation shield having an open end having a width, another end opposite said open end and having another end width, and a central area, having a central area width, between the two ends, the central area width being greater than the width of one of the ends. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
placing the pig and the shield into a container; and
,fastening the container for transporting the radioactive substance contained in the syringe.
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19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising extending the closed ends of the pig to protrude through each of the ends of the shield.
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20. A method of disassembling a radiopharmaceutical transportation apparatus comprising:
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unfastening a container that houses a radiation shielding pig, said pig having an elongated sidewall that extends between two closed ends and that defines an elongated, interior chamber into which a syringe containing a radioactive substance is situated, the sidewall being thinner than each of the two closed ends; and
removing the pig from a cavity of a radiation shield, at least a portion of the radiation shielding pig being within the cavity, the radiation shield having two open ends and a central area between the two open ends, the central area being thicker than each of the two open ends.
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21. A method of transporting a radiopharmaceutical transportation apparatus comprising:
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transporting a container from a first location to a distal location, said container housing a radiation shielding pig, having an elongated sidewall that extends between two closed ends and defines an elongated interior chamber, the sidewall being thinner than each of the two closed ends;
said container also housing a radiation shield having a cavity and into whose cavity the pig is placed, said cavity extending between two open ends such that the two closed ends of the radiation shielding pig protrude beyond both of the open ends of said radiation shield simultaneously.
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