US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on June 24 for "Apparatus for producing copper-67 radioisotope for medical applications" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,917, issued on June 24, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Apparatus for producing copper-67 radioisotope for medical applications" was invented by David A. Ehst (Downers Grove, Ill.) and James L. Willit (Batavia, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a target unit and a sublimation apparatus suitable for use in a method for producing Cu67 radioisotope suitable for use in medical applications. The apparatus comprises a sublimation tube with one open end. The sublimation tube contains an ingot comprising Zn68 and Cu67 in a ceramic capsule contacting a closed end the sublimation tube. A remova...