Patent ID: 7753835

Claim:
A radiopharmaceutical assembly, comprising: a radiopaque radiation-shielding assembly comprising: a container body comprising a vial receptacle; a container lid configured to couple with the container body; a vial comprising a capsule receptacle and a first fastener component arranged at a base of the vial, wherein the vial is configured to be disposed in the vial receptacle such that the first fastener component releasably couples with a second fastener component arranged at a base of the vial receptacle; and an administering device comprising: an elongate hollow tube comprising a central passage having an inner diameter sized to facilitate passage of a radiopharmaceutical capsule therethrough; a vial coupling end configured to releasably couple with the vial to facilitate disengagement of the vial from the vial receptacle, wherein the central passage aligns with the capsule receptacle when the vial coupling end is coupled with the vial; and an oral delivery end, wherein the administering device is configured to facilitate lifting the vial coupled to the vial coupling end above the oral delivery end to facilitate gravitational delivery of the radiopharmaceutical capsule from the vial to the oral delivery end via the central passage.