Patent ID: 9299466
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G21F,G21G,G21H

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a container that contains a parent radionuclide that decays over time into a daughter radionuclide; a container that contains a separation column that separates the daughter radionuclide from the parent radionuclide; a container that contains the separated daughter radionuclide; a plurality of containers for processing fluids; a plurality of valves and at least one pump that operate according to a predetermined process to separate the daughter radionuclide from the parent radionuclide and deliver the daughter radionuclide into the daughter radionuclide container by alternately connecting at least two of the parent radionuclide container, the daughter radionuclide container, the separation column container and the plurality of processing containers; a plurality of RFID tags including an RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags affixed to each of parent radionuclide container, the daughter radionuclide container and the separation column; a host computer; and a programmed processor that reads an identifier of each of the plurality of RFID tags, an identifier of each of the plurality of valves and reads a position of each of the plurality of valves during one or more steps of the predetermined process and saves the identifiers of the RFID tags and valves, the positions of the valves and a duration of each step of the predetermined process into a tracking file for each batch of daughter radionuclide produced, the tracking file providing a historical archive of the production sequence and time stamps.