Patent ID: 8734315

Claim:
An apparatus for filling a medical instrument with a radioactive substance, comprising: a housing, wherein the housing is configured to removably receive a body of a syringe having the body and an injection plunger projecting from the body, wherein the housing is configured to receive at least a part of a medical instrument, wherein the housing is configured to shield against radioactive radiation, wherein the housing comprises a first opening configured to receive the injection plunger projecting from the body such that the injection plunger protrudes from inside the housing to outside the housing; a shielding device, wherein the shielding device is configured to be connected with an end of the injection plunger projecting from the body and protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing to shield the end of the injection plunger; and a take up device, wherein the take up device is configured to receive a receptacle for a radioactive substance, wherein the take up device is arranged at the housing, wherein the housing further comprises: a lid, wherein the lid covers or closes the housing and the receptacle for a radioactive substance received by the take up device arranged at the housing; and wherein the first opening is formed in a wall of the housing and is open to an edge of the wall so that the first opening is configured to receive a portion of the injection plunger projecting from the body into the first opening from the edge of the wall, and wherein the first opening allows actuation of the injection plunger of the syringe the body of which is received by the housing.