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Last Updated: December 16, 2025

Claims for Patent: 3,749,556


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Summary for Patent: 3,749,556
Title:Radiopharmaceutical generator kit
Abstract:A KIT READILY ASSEMBLED INTO ESSENTIALLY A PACKED CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN FOR GENERATING TECHNETIUM-99M LABELED PHARMACEUTICALS IN A SIMPLE TWO-STEP PROCESS. TECHNETIUM-99M PERTECHNETATE IN A FIRST STEP IS ISOLATED AND ITS VALENCE STATE REDUCED BY ADSORPTION UPON A REDUCING AGENT. THEN THE REDUCED TECHNETIUM-99M IN A SECOND STEP IS ELUTED FROM THE REDUCING AGENT BY COMBINATION WITH AN IMMEDIATELY LABELED BIOLOGICAL COMPOUND, THE ELUANT PH IS ADJUSTED AND BUFFERED TO PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS AND BENIGN CATIONS ARE SUBSTITUTED FOR UNCOMBINED REDUCING AGENT AND ISOTOPE IONS. A NEW TECHNETIUM-99M LABELED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL USEFUL IN LIVER IMAGING IS PRODUCED BY INTERACTION WITH THE COLUMN PACKING IN ONE SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THE PROCEDURE. D R A W I N G
Inventor(s):M Barak, H Winchell
Assignee: US Department of Energy
Application Number:US00173099A

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