Patents by Inventor Steve Z. Menyhay

Steve Z. Menyhay 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).

  • Sterile medical injection port and cover apparatus
    Patent number: 6045539
    Abstract: A unique external injection port cover is provided that is open at one end, closed at the other end, and includes a set of spiraling screw threads on the inside. It is designed to be screwed into place over a specially adapted external injection port having its own corresponding screw threads. The inside of the closed end of the cover includes an inwardly pointing projection. A sponge is provided inside the open end, and a shatterable plastic capsule containing a combination of antiseptic, bactericidal and virucidal agents is provided between the sponge and the projection. A flexible o-ring seal is provided on the inside of the cover near the open end.When the present invention is screwed into place over an injection port, the o-ring first creates a seal over the end of the port. As the invention is tightened down, the pressure between the projection and the breakable capsule causes the capsule to rupture thereby releasing the antiseptic agents inside to be soaked up by the sponge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventor: Steve Z. Menyhay
  • Method of using a sterile medical injection port and cover
    Patent number: 5792120
    Abstract: A unique external injection port cover is provided that is open at one end, closed at the other end, and includes a set of spiraling screw threads on the inside. It is designed to be screwed into place over a specially adapted external injection port having its own corresponding screw threads. The inside of the closed end of the cover includes an inwardly pointing projection. A sponge is provided inside the open end, and a shatterable plastic capsule containing a combination of antiseptic, bactericidal and virucidal agents is provided between the sponge and the projection. A flexible O-ring seal is provided on the inside of the cover near the open end.When the present invention is screwed into place over an injection port, the O-ring first creates a seal over the end of the port. As the invention is tightened down, the pressure between the projection and the breakable capsule causes the capsule to rupture thereby releasing the antiseptic agents inside to be soaked up by the sponge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Steve Z. Menyhay
  • Sterile medical injection port and cover method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5554135
    Abstract: A unique external injection port cover is provided that is open at one end, closed at the other end, and includes a set of spiraling screw threads on the inside. It is designed to be screwed into place over a specially adapted external injection port having its own corresponding screw threads. The inside of the closed end of the cover includes an inwardly pointing projection. A sponge is provided inside the open end, and a shatterable plastic capsule containing a combination of antiseptic, bactericidal and virucidal agents is provided between the sponge and the projection. A flexible O-ring seal is provided on the inside of the cover near the open end. When the present invention is screwed into place over an injection port, the O-ring first creates a seal over the end of the port. As the invention is tightened down, the pressure between the projection and the breakable capsule causes the capsule to rupture thereby releasing the antiseptic agents inside to be soaked up by the sponge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: Steve Z. Menyhay