Patent ID: 8939881
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A loading device comprising: a base including: a loading bed having an opening opposite a bottom surface and between opposing side walls extending upward from the bottom surface, the loading bed sized to receive a radionuclide carrier therein; and a first loading channel support structure adjacent one end of the loading bed and including an entry channel through a central portion of the loading channel support structure such that the entry channel receives a needle and guides the needle through the loading channel support structure into and through the loading bed without the needle contacting the bottom surface or side walls of the loading bed; and, a lid that engages with the base such that the base and the lid enclose a radionuclide carrier on the loading bed, the lid including: a top surface sized to cover the opening of the loading bed; a loading bed insert that engages internal surfaces of the side walls of the loading bed; and a second loading channel support structure at an end of the lid such that the first and second loading channel support structures are at opposite ends of the loading device when the base and lid are engaged, the second loading channel support structure including an exit channel through a central portion of the second loading channel support structure, such that the exit channel receives the needle after passing through the entry channel of the base and the radionuclide carrier positioned on the loading bed in order to guide the needle out of the loading device.