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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Mallinckrodt Nuclear Medicine Llc, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Inventors:
David Pipes, Wildwood, MO (US);
William Uhland, St. Charles, MO (US);
Melissa Perrigo, Herculaneum, MO (US);
Mark Owens, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Assignee:
Curium US LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/00 (2006.01); B01J 39/09 (2017.01); B01J 39/02 (2006.01); G21G 1/10 (2006.01); G21G 1/12 (2006.01); G21G 4/08 (2006.01); C22B 41/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/26 (2006.01); C22B 58/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/001 (2013.01); B01J 39/02 (2013.01); B01J 39/09 (2017.01); G21G 1/10 (2013.01); G21G 1/12 (2013.01); C22B 3/004 (2013.01); C22B 41/00 (2013.01); C22B 58/00 (2013.01); G21G 4/08 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0021 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
Processes for producing germanium-68 from a gallium target body are disclosed. In some embodiments, germanium-68 and gallium are precipitated to remove metal impurities. Germanium-68 and gallium are re-dissolved and loaded onto an ion exchange column to separate germanium-68 from gallium.