Peter Buckland
Radiology at Mile Post Loop, Fountain, CO

5485856, Jan 23, 1996

Apr 22, 1994

8/231235

Peter E. Buckland - Miami FL

A61G 1500, A61F 537

128845

A hand immobilizing apparatus is provided for positioning the hand for intra-operative, antero-posterior and lateral views with minimal difficulty in reorienting the hand for each, and to isolate individual fingers for lateral views, so that the image of one finger is not superimposed over the image of an other finger. The apparatus includes a hand-receiving channel member made of radiolucent material. The channel member has a bottom wall joined to two opposing side walls and is sized so that the back of the hand can be placed flat against the bottom wall. The apparatus also includes a block of radiolucent material sized to fit closely between the channel side walls, to hold any single extended finger against the channel bottom wall for lateral examination. The remaining fingers rest against a side face of the block and are curled generally toward the palm of the hand. The block and channel side walls are provided with fastening means which are preferably contact-activated, such as hook and loop fasteners or an adhesive, to removably secure the block within the channel member against the isolated finger during examination.

5479471, Dec 26, 1995

Apr 22, 1994

8/232816

Peter E. Buckland - Miami FL

A61B 604

378208

An apparatus for positioning a human foot for X-ray examination on an apparatus support surface, the human foot having a foot bottom surface, a foot rear surface and two foot side surfaces, includes structure for retaining the foot including a foot retaining bottom portion extending over the foot bottom surface, a foot retaining rear portion extending over the foot rear surface and a foot retaining side portion extending over at least one of the foot side surfaces, and structure for propping and orienting the foot including a substantially horizontal base member for resting on the apparatus support surface and for supporting the foot and the structure for retaining, the base member having laterally distributed contact activated fasteners for engaging the foot retaining rear portion at any of several laterally distributed points along the base member for securing left and right feet, and including a substantially vertical upright member for positioning the foot and the structure for retaining, the upright member being secured to and braced against rotation by the base member and having an upright foot positioning member surface with laterally distributed contact activated fasteners for engaging the foot retaining bottom portion at any of several laterally distributed points to retain the foot in a selected angular orientation relative to the base member.