Patents by Inventor T. Dean Clack

T. Dean Clack 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).

  • Patent number: 4365874
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring torsional rotation of an eyeball about the visual axis by means of an afterimage. The apparatus includes a frame mountable to a patient so as to be fixed with respect to the patient's skull. Mounted on the frame are means for creating a transitory bright image to imprint the retina of the patient's eye with an afterimage and means for creating a target image alignable with said afterimage. Measuring means is included in the apparatus so as to indicate the angular displacement of the target image relative to a preset reference position corresponding to a different stimulus condition. In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus is a tubular assembly supported by a bite bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Inventors: Wanda O. Milburn, T. Dean Clack