Technetium-99m generator, its preparation and its use

US4837110A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ludwig Kuhlmann · Flörsheim, DE
• Dietrich Putter · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 1988
• Grant date: Jun 6, 1989
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G21G4/00
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Silica gels modified with amino groups or magnesium silicates are suitable carrier materials for technetium-99m generators since they retain copper(II) ions well and thus produce a copper-free eluate.