Patent ID: 8292869

Claim:
A set for infusion of the radiopharmaceutical in a patient, or for its transfer elsewhere from the vial housed in a container made of a material suitable for shielding the operator from the radiation emitted by the radiopharmaceutical through the vial, and consisting of a receptacle, made of transparent material, with a cavity capable of containing the vial of radiopharmaceutical, and of a lid coupled to the receptacle for closing the container, said lid presenting a central through-hole, the set consisting of: a) a saline solution bottle containing saline solution; b) a first infusion catheter for feeding the saline solution in the vial, equipped with twin connectors, one for the insertion of a needle in the bottle of saline solution and the other for a second needle inserted, via the through-hole in the lid, into the cap of the vial of radiopharmaceutical in such a way that it is not immersed in the radiopharmaceutical; and c) a second infusion catheter for aspirating radiopharmaceutical from the vial, equipped with twin connectors, one for the insertion of a needle via the through-hole in the lid into the cap of the vial of radiopharmaceutical and the other for a second needle inserted in the patient's vein or elsewhere, the first needle being long enough to touch the bottom of the vial of radiopharmaceutical; wherein the radiopharmaceutical vial contains a radiopharmaceutical emitting beta and gamma radiation and the material of which the receptacle and lid are made is polymethyl methacrylate containig lead as an additive.