US 11,865,304 B1
Shielded system for automated administration of nuclear medication
James R Crowley, Roanoke, VA (US)
Assigned to Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA (US)
Filed by James R Crowley, Roanoke, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/175,809.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,288, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,285, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1785 (2013.01) [A61M 5/16886 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for delivering a nuclear medication to a patient, the system comprising:
a cradle configured to receive a shielded transport container, wherein the shielded transport container is constructed and arranged to receive a syringe with the nuclear medication;
a lid configured to permit placement of the shielded transport container into the cradle in an open position and block access to the cradle in a closed position, wherein the lid is configured to shield an external user from radiation emitted from the nuclear medication in the syringe when the lid is in the closed position;
a first actuator configured to contact and remove access covers of the shielded transport container to expose a needle end of the syringe and to expose a plunger of the syringe, wherein the first actuator is further configured to position the exposed needle end of the syringe to align the needle end of the syringe with an intravenous injection port fluidically coupled to an intravenous line connected to the patient;
a second actuator configured to engage and depress the exposed plunger of the positioned syringe to inject the nuclear medication into the intravenous injection port; and
a processor configured to control the first actuator and the second actuator.