Patent ID: 9607722
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61K,A61M,A61N,B62B,G06F,G16H,G16Z,G21F,G21G

Claim:
1. A system that generates and infuses radiopharmaceuticals comprising: an eluant reservoir, a pump coupled to the reservoir, an infusion tubing circuit, a radioisotope generator, an activity detector, a waste bottle, a computer, and a computer interface; wherein the infusion tubing circuit includes an eluant line coupled to the pump and to the generator, and an eluate line coupled to the generator and to the waste bottle, the eluate line being positioned to pass over the activity detector; the computer is communicatively coupled to the computer interface, to the pump, and to the activity detector, the computer is configured to receive a command via the computer interface to deliver eluate during a patient infusion procedure and, in response to receiving the command, control the pump to pump eluant through the generator, thereby generating eluate that is infused into a patient; and the computer is further configured to receive a command via the computer interface to execute a breakthrough test and, in response to receiving the command, control the system by at least: activating the pump to pump a volume of eluant from the reservoir, through the eluant line and through the generator, thereby providing a sample of eluate sized to fill a test vial for breakthrough testing; upon stopping the pump and thereby completing elution, displaying, via the computer interface, a time lapse indicating an amount of time passed since elution was completed, receiving, via the computer interface, a first activity measurement of the sample and the time lapse corresponding to the amount of time passed since elution was completed and the first activity was measured, receiving, via the computer interface, a second activity measurement of the sample, where the second activity measurement is taken at a time later than the first activity measurement, and determining a breakthrough test result using the first activity measurement, the time lapse received via the computer interface, and the second activity measurement.