Patents by Inventor Stanley Markus

Stanley Markus 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting sepsis causation in a catheter
    Patent number: 5405755
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus is disclosed for detecting whether a catheter is the cause of an infection in a patient without removing the catheter from the patient. The apparatus includes a wire handle, brush and a protective, microbially impervious bag disposed over the handle and brush. In use, the apparatus is connected to a catheter, the brush is advanced through the catheter, and simultaneously removed from the protective bag. The apparatus is then withdrawn from the catheter, and simultaneously back into the bag, and the bag is capped to maintain the proper humidification of an fibrin sample obtained so that the microbes thus obtained remain viable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Daymark Medical Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Markus, Robert Brewer