Systems and methods for managing information relating to medical fluids and containers therefor
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1. A radiopharmaceutical administration device supporting a radiopharmaceutical container having an RF data tag for use in a radiopharmaceutical administration procedure, the radiopharmaceutical administration device comprising:
- an electromagnetic device for reading data from the data tag, the data comprising data relating to a time at which a radiopharmaceutical in the radiopharmaceutical container is to be injected and data indicative of whether the radiopharmaceutical container was previously used with the radiopharmaceutical administration device.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to management of information relating to medical fluids, containers therefor, and medical fluid administration devices for administering such medical fluids to patients. Data tags (e.g., RFID tags) are generally associated with containers of the invention and may be electromagnetically read from and/or written to using an electromagnetic device, for example, that may be associated with a medical fluid administration device of the invention.
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1. A radiopharmaceutical administration device supporting a radiopharmaceutical container having an RF data tag for use in a radiopharmaceutical administration procedure, the radiopharmaceutical administration device comprising:
an electromagnetic device for reading data from the data tag, the data comprising data relating to a time at which a radiopharmaceutical in the radiopharmaceutical container is to be injected and data indicative of whether the radiopharmaceutical container was previously used with the radiopharmaceutical administration device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for using a radiopharmaceutical administration device having an electromagnetic device and a radiopharmaceutical container having an RF data tag, the method comprising:
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supporting the radiopharmaceutical container in the radiopharmaceutical administration device; and reading data from the data tag by the electromagnetic device, at least some of the data relating to a time at which a radiopharmaceutical in the radiopharmaceutical container is to be injected and data indicative of whether the radiopharmaceutical container was previously used with a radiopharmaceutical administration device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A radiopharmaceutical administration device supporting a radiopharmaceutical container containing a liquid radiopharmaceutical therein and having an RF data tag for use in a radiopharmaceutical administration procedure, the radiopharmaceutical administration device comprising:
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a mount for receiving and supporting the radiopharmaceutical container; an electromagnetic device for reading data from the data tag; and the data tag including data related to a radioactivity level for the liquid radiopharmaceutical in the radiopharmaceutical container. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for using a radiopharmaceutical administration device having a mount for receiving and supporting a radiopharmaceutical syringe and an electromagnetic device and a radiopharmaceutical container containing a liquid radiopharmaceutical therein and having an RF data tag, the method comprising:
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supporting the radiopharmaceutical container in the mount of the radiopharmaceutical administration device; and reading data from the data tag by the electromagnetic device, at least some of the data relating to a radioactivity level for the liquid radiopharmaceutical in the radiopharmaceutical container. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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