Abstract: The present invention relates to a device that allows to fully automate radiochemical purity analysis of radiolabelled solution samples on the basis of a chromatogram obtained by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), said device comprising a disposable TLC strip holder assembly, a radioactivity detector and an automatic equipment containing a pipettor.

Abstract: A device for performing by flipping-over a quantitative liquid transfer from a crimp capped vial to another vial, container, or cassette includes: an extension tube equipped with a spike on one end; a shielded pot with a lid, intended to enclose the crimp capped vial; and a component including: a lower cylindrical part with a beveled cylindrical notch for receiving in tight insertion a crimp capped vial, the notch having an aperture on a side of the lower cylindrical part; an upper cylindrical part in communication with the lower cylindrical part and including a hollow cylindrical protrusion for guiding the extension tube equipped with a spike, a groove being provided in the upper cylindrical part for keeping the extension tube in place during the handling of the device; and a central cylindrical part, provided between the lower and the upper cylindrical parts, that includes a furrow.

Abstract: A stopcock manifold system includes: a manifold provided with one or several stopcocks, each having a rotary opening/closing control apparatus with at least one finger or crank pin; a rotary mechanized actuator coupling part for each manifold, a rotary axis of the coupling part corresponding in use to a rotation axis of the control apparatus, the coupling part coupling with the stopcock by insertion of each crank pin into a closed notch in the coupling part, the closed notch of each coupling part receiving one of the crank pins of the corresponding stopcock, such that the crank pin is insertable into the corresponding coupling part by tilting the manifold and then straightening it, until it abuts on a first bearing point comprised of an edge of the closed notch; and a maintaining system that enables each coupling part to individually maintain the corresponding stopcock in place.

Abstract: A stopcock manifold system includes: a manifold provided with one or several stopcocks, each having a rotary opening/closing control apparatus with at least one finger or crank pin; a rotary mechanized actuator coupling part for each manifold, a rotary axis of the coupling part corresponding in use to a rotation axis of the control apparatus, the coupling part coupling with the stopcock by insertion of each crank pin into a closed notch in the coupling part, the closed notch of each coupling part receiving one of the crank pins of the corresponding stopcock, such that the crank pin is insertable into the corresponding coupling part by tilting the manifold and then straightening it, until it abuts on a first bearing point comprised of an edge of the closed notch; and a maintaining system that enables each coupling part to individually maintain the corresponding stopcock in place.

Abstract: A perforating needle intended to be inserted into a flask through a stopper or septum to inject and remove a fluid includes a pointed end for piercing the stopper and a cylindrical body. The central body includes a central channel through which the fluid may enter and leave the flask and a side wall having at least one lateral orifice. The orifice is in fluid communication with the central channel. A lower end of the orifice is, in use, essentially level with an inner face of the stopper. The orifice is extended toward the pointed end by at least one slot, a shape of which is essentially tangential to a flow of the fluid so as to channel the fluid along an axis of the needle. The side wall includes at least two diametrically opposite lateral orifices arranged on either side of a central island.

Abstract: A perforating needle intended to be inserted into a flask through a stopper or septum to inject and remove a fluid includes a pointed end for piercing the stopper and a cylindrical body. The central body includes a central channel through which the fluid may enter and leave the flask and a side wall having at least one lateral orifice. The orifice is in fluid communication with the central channel. A lower end of the orifice is, in use, essentially level with an inner face of the stopper. The orifice is extended toward the pointed end by at least one slot, a shape of which is essentially tangential to a flow of the fluid so as to channel the fluid along an axis of the needle. The side wall includes at least two diametrically opposite lateral orifices arranged on either side of a central island.

Abstract: An improved cartridge for the packaging of a pharmaceutical, and preferably a radiopharmaceutical, comprising a low UV-absorbing plastic barrel, closed at one end by a cap and at the other end by a piston.