Patent ID: 9597053
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61K,A61M,A61N,G16H,G21G

Claim:
1. A method for operating an infusion system, the system comprising an eluant reservoir, a pump coupled to the reservoir, an infusion tubing circuit, a radioisotope generator, an activity detector, a waste bottle and a computer including a computer interface, the infusion tubing circuit including an eluant line coupled to the pump and to the generator, a waste line coupled to the generator and to the waste bottle, and a patient line coupled to the generator, the method comprising: entering, into the computer, via the computer interface, a command to perform calibration testing, thereby causing the pump to activate and generate a sample of eluate from eluant pumped through the generator, via an elution within the generator; upon stopping the pump following the sample of the eluate having been pumped through the generator and thereby completing elution, receiving from the computer, via the computer interface, a display of time lapse indicating an amount of time passed since completion of the elution; reading the display of time lapse upon measurement of the activity of the sample, thereby providing a time lapse between completion of the elution and measurement of the activity of the sample; entering into the computer, via the computer interface, a measured activity of the sample and the time lapse between completion of the elution and measurement of the activity of the sample; and receiving, via the computer interface, a calibration test result determined based on the measured activity and the time lapse entered into the computer.