ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,881, issued on March 24, was assigned to OUT AND OUT CHEMISTRY S.P.R.L. (Neuville, Belgium).

"Device and cassette for performing a plurality of synthesis processes of preparing a radiopharmaceutical in series" was invented by Vincent Luc Antoine Tadino (Chastres, Belgium) and Guillaume Andre Rene Villeret (Dimont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of performing a plurality of synthesis processes of preparing a radiopharmaceutical in series, which method includes carrying out a first synthesis run comprising the steps of: a) providing water containing 18F; b) trapping the 18F from the water provided in step a) on an anio...