Productive

Lightweight and compact, the Cyclone® IKON cyclotron is an uncompromising power alternative with extracted beam currents up to 1500 µA.

Adaptive

To achieve the highest purity of injectable product, the Cyclone® IKON cyclotron offers a wide energy range (13 – 30 MeV) with full current carrying capacity for large scale production of advanced isotopes for PET, SPECT and parent isotopes.

Cyclone® IKON is a variable energy cyclotron that accelerates protons from 13 to 30 MeV. The cyclotron has great flexibility in application both in terms of the current of accelerated particles and in terms of energy, which determines the wide possibilities of its use in the production of isotopes.

More doesn't always mean better. This is especially true in the production of radioisotopes. Therefore Cyclone® IKON offers a wide range of proton energies from 13 to 30 MeV. The use of a pure and safe radiopharmaceutical is of paramount importance. The optimization of the reaction energy is the main factor to ensure this. Some very promising radioisotopes are produced at 13 MeV to avoid the co-production of other isotopic impurities and thus ensure the maximum purity of the final product. This energy level is ideal for the production of copper-64 and zirconium-89. On the other hand, germanium-68 (used in the manufacture of Ge/Ga generators) and other SPECT isotopes (eg, iodine-123, indium-111, thallium-201) are typically produced at energies around 30 MeV.

To bring about this revolution, we must ensure the availability of new isotopes and increase productivity. As such, the cyclotron should be a reliable and sustainable source for the radiopharmaceutical industry, especially in the production of germanium-68/gallium-68 (or Ge/Ga) and other radioisotopes such as copper-64, zirconium-89, etc., demand which is constantly growing every year.