Shielding assemblies for infusion systems

US8273008B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bracco Diagnostics Inc. · US

Inventors

• Charles R. Quirico · Cary, US
• Ernest Balestracci · Iselin, US
• Daniel Darst · Zimmerman, US
• Eric J. Krause · Big Lake, US
• Vishal N. Lokhande · Mountain View, US
• Jacob S. Childs · Talbert, US
• Peter B. Madson · Shanghai, CN
• Daniel V. Clements · Three Rivers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A shielding assembly for an infusion system includes a plurality of compartments and a door for each compartment, and provides a radioactive radiation barrier for the compartments. One of the compartments contains a radioisotope generator of the infusion system and another of the compartments may contain a waste bottle of the infusion system. An opening into each of the generator and waste bottle compartments may be oriented upward, and the opening into the latter may be at a higher elevation than the opening into the former, for example, to facilitate independent removal and replacement of each. A door of at least one of the compartments, other than the generator compartment, when closed, may prevent the door of the generator compartment from being opened. A cabinet structure for the infusion system may enclose the shielding assembly and secure the generator.