Patent ID: 7343724

Claim:
A method for dispensing radiopharmaceuticals from a source vial into a capsule having a cap and a bottom comprising: placing a capsule bottom in a removable bottom capsule insert mounted on a pivot arm of a toggle assembly; placing a capsule cap in a removable upper capsule insert mounted on an assembly system; inputting a predetermined volume into an input device to control a predetermined volume of the radiopharmaceutical to be pumped from the source vial into the capsule through a delivery needle; moving the pivot arm to a dispense position under the delivery needle and actuating the toggle assembly to move the pivot arm from a lower position to an upper position of the dispense position; dispensing the predetermined volume of the radiopharmaceutical into the capsule bottom; actuating the toggle assembly to move the pivot arm from the upper position to the lower position of the dispense position; moving the pivot arm to an assembly position under the capsule cap and actuating the toggle assembly to move the pivot arm from the lower position to the upper position of the assembly position; raising an assembly slide to mate the capsule bottom with the capsule cap and lowering the assembly slide; opening a capsule stop of the assembly system; and raising the assembly slide to eject the completed capsule from the assembly system and lowering the assembly slide.