Douglas M Diggles

US Patent:

55951775, Jan 21, 1997

Filed:

Jun 3, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/253419

Inventors:

Ismael Mena - Los Angeles CA
Linda Diggles - Torrance CA
Douglas M. Diggles - Bodfish CA
Robert E. Diggles - Torrance CA
Iraj Khalkhali - Rancho Palos Verdes CA

Assignee:

Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Inc. - Torrance CA

International Classification:

A61B 505

US Classification:

1286531

Abstract:

A scintigraphy guided system for stereotaxic localization of breast carcinomas, used in conjunction with a scintillation detection device, of a patient who has been injected with a radioactive substance which preferentially accumulates in carcinomas. The system includes a table, a pair of fenestrated paddles, and a guide means. The table has a top surface, upon which the patient lies in a prone position, and at least one opening through which the patient's breast being examined will pendulously protrude therethrough. A pair of fenestrated paddles are positioned under the bottom surface of the table in the vicinity of the opening, and are moveable relative to each other to compress the patient's breast therebetween. The guide is positioned under the table in the vicinity of the opening. The guide has plurality of moveable sighting guides, each moveable along one of three orthogonal axes, and each sighting guide having a radioactive sighting line located thereon.

US Patent:

58039139, Sep 8, 1998

Filed:

Feb 6, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/597139

Inventors:

Iraj Khalkhali - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Ismael Mena - Santiago, CL
Linda Diggles - Torrance CA
Douglas M. Diggles - Bodfish CA
Robert E. Diggles - Torrance CA

International Classification:

A61B 505

US Classification:

600407

Abstract:

A nuclear medicine guided system and method for stereotaxic localization of breast carcinoma lesion sites, used in conjunction with a nuclear medicine detection device, of a patient who has been injected with a radioactive substance which preferentially accumulates in carcinoma lesion sites. The system includes a table, a pair of fenestrated paddles, and a guide means. The table has a top surface, upon which the patient lies in a prone position, and at least one opening through which the patient's breast being examined will pendulously protrude therethrough. A pair of fenestrated paddles are positioned under the bottom surface of the table in the vicinity of the opening, and are moveable relative to each other to compress the patient's breast therebetween. The guide is positioned under the table in the vicinity of the opening. The guide has plurality of moveable sighting guides, each moveable along one of three orthogonal axes, and each sighting guide having a radioactive sighting line located thereon.

US Patent:

7172228, Feb 6, 2007

Filed:

Sep 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/658542

Inventors:

George Sahagun - Porterville CA, US
Douglas Diggles - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

B65D 23/10

US Classification:

294 28, 294 311, 215396

Abstract:

A bottle manipulation device facilitates one-handed manipulation and pouring from a bottle. The device has a bottle engaging member with a U-shaped fork having first and second branches on opposite sides of a bisecting plane for engaging on first and second opposite sides of a neck of a bottle respectively. A hook is pivotally connected to the bottle engaging portion for movement between a disengaged position with a blocking portion of the hook spaced from the bisecting plane and an engaged position with the blocking portion of the hook passing through the bisecting plane and blocking a front of the neck of the bottle for secure engagement of the bottle with the device. A method of using the device provides for secure manipulation and pouring.