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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nikolai N Ponomarev-Stepnoy, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir A Pavshook, Moscow, RU;
Grigoriy F Bebikh, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir Ye Khvostionov, Moscow, RU;
Peter S Trukhlyaev, Moscow, RU;
Ivan K Shvetsov, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
TCI Incorporated, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376189 ; 376186 ;
Abstract
The current invention involves a means for the production and extraction of the isotope molybdenum-99 for medical purposes in a waste free, simple, and economical process. Mo-99 is generated in the uranyl sulphate nuclear fuel of a homogeneous solution nuclear reactor and extracted from the fuel by a solid polymer sorbent with a greater than 90% purity. The sorbent is composed of a composite ether of a maleic anhydride copolymer and .alpha.-benzoin-oxime.