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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Thad Alexander Heltemes, Waunakee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/02 (2006.01); G21G 1/00 (2006.01); G21G 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/001 (2013.01); G21G 1/06 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating medical isotopes provides for the irradiation of dry-phase, granular uranium compounds which are then dissolved in a solvent for separation of the medical isotope from the irradiated compound. Once the medical isotope is removed, the dissolved compound may be reconstituted in dry granular form for repeated irradiation.