Patents by Inventor Laurance J. Hoyt, Sr.

Laurance J. Hoyt, Sr. 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).

  • Cerebral palsy arm and hand brace
    Patent number: 4237873
    Abstract: An arm and hand brace for persons afflicted with the neuro-muscular tremors of cerebral palsy; a bracing device framing the shoulders, upper arm, forearm and hand which, in application, damps and controls involuntary neuro-muscular spasms and permits the performance of controlled, willed actions of these members by cerebral palsy victims; an articulated frame comprised of a support, a train of linked arms, a sleeve clasping the hand, wrist and forearm, a series of double and single element joints and a piston-piston rod extension-retraction system, all for establishing and maintaining control of gross and fine arm and hand movements in the cerebral palsy patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Inventors: Thomas E. Terry, Laurance J. Hoyt, Sr.
  • Cerebral palsy arm and hand brace
    Patent number: 4149532
    Abstract: An arm and hand brace for persons afflicted with the neuro-muscular tremors of cerebral palsy; a bracing device framing the shoulders, upper arm, forearm and hand which, in application, damps and controls involuntary neuro-muscular spasms and permits the performance of controlled, willed actions of these members by cerebral palsy victims; an articulated frame comprised of a support, a train of linked arms, a sleeve clasping the hand, wrist and forearm and a series of double and single element joints for establishing and maintaining control of gross and fine arm and hand movements in the cerebral palsy patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Inventors: Thomas E. Terry, Laurance J. Hoyt, Sr.