Patent ID: 7734331

Claim:
A portable medical radiopharmaceutical administration system comprising: a moveable structure mounted on wheels to be moveable in a medical facility to and from an imaging system, the moveable structure including radioactivity shielding; a multi-dose container to hold a multi-dose quantity of liquid radiopharmaceutical; a dispensing station to receive the multi-dose container, the dispensing station having a pump system and a liquid transfer path that is in fluid communication with the multi-dose quantity; an ion chamber to measure radioactivity, the ion chamber having an ion chamber inlet and an ion chamber outlet, the liquid transfer path entering ion chamber at the ion chamber inlet, the liquid transfer path exiting the ion chamber at the ion chamber outlet; wherein the multi-dose container, the dispensing station, and the ion chamber are enclosed within the radioactivity shielding while moved on the moveable structure to and from the imaging system; and a computer system provided on the moveable structure and operably coupled to the pump system and the ion chamber, the pump system to withdraw an individual dose from the multi-dose container and move the individual dose along the liquid transfer path through the ion chamber inlet to the ion chamber, the ion chamber to measure a radioactivity of the individual dose in the ion chamber, the pump system to move the individual dose out of the ion chamber outlet along the liquid transfer path for injection to a patient.