Patent ID: 7884340

Claim:
A system for producing a radiochemical, said system comprising: a cyclotron for generating a beam of charged particles, said beam of charged particles having an energy in the range of approximately 5 to 10 MeV, said cyclotron including a transformer having an input in communication with a rectifier circuit and an output in communication with a radio frequency oscillator, said rectifier circuit adapted to accept a line voltage having a frequency and producing a rectified signal having the line voltage frequency, said transformer receiving said rectified signal and producing an high voltage signal having the line voltage frequency, said radio frequency oscillator receiving said high voltage signal and producing an rf signal having a selected frequency and peak voltage and being enveloped by the line voltage frequency, said rf signal adapted to accelerate positive ions during the positive portions of the rectified signal; a target adapted to carry a target isotope, said target positioned to allow said beam of charged particles to interact with the target isotope and form a radioisotope; and a radiochemical synthesis system in communication with said target, said radiochemical synthesis system adapted to produce a reaction between the radioisotope and a reagent forming a radiopharmaceutical.