Patents by Inventor Catherine E. Hoover

Catherine E. Hoover has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Instrument and method of measuring torticollis
    Patent number: 5845638
    Abstract: An instrument and method are provided for the simultaneous measurement of torticollis characteristics, namely, head turn, head tilt and head bend. A vertical protractor is provided for measuring both patient head tilt in a sagittal plane of a patient body and patient head bend in a frontal plane of a patient body. A horizontal protractor provides for measuring patient head turn in a transverse plane of a patient body. When used in combination, the vertical and horizontal protractors provide simultaneous measurement of either head turn or head bend or head turn and head tilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Pretel, Catherine E. Hoover, Elaine P. Kelley, Judith M. Leon
  • Vertical instrument for measuring torticollis
    Patent number: D379657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Pretel, Catherine E. Hoover, Elaine P. Kelley, Judith M. Leon
  • Horizontal instrument for measuring torticollis
    Patent number: D430296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Pretel, Catherine E. Hoover, Elaine P. Kelley, Judith M. Leon