Patent ID: 9572904
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61L,A61M,Y10T

Claim:
1. A contoured sterilizing element for sterilizing a working end-site of a medical device, the sterilizing element comprising: a first member including an antipathogenic agent, the first member further including a first contoured inwardly facing surface and a first opening, wherein the first contoured inwardly facing surface comprises a first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the first member; a second member including the antipathogenic agent, the second member further including a second contoured inwardly facing surface and a second opening, wherein the second contoured inwardly facing surface comprises a second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the first member is coupled to the second member, wherein the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the second member; and a base member including the antipathogenic agent and a contoured inwardly facing surface, wherein the inwardly facing surface comprises a third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the base member is coupled to the second member to form a bottom surface under the first and second openings such that the first contoured inwardly facing surface, the second contoured inwardly facing surface and the contoured inwardly facing surface of the base member form a contoured cavity, wherein the contoured cavity is configured to receive the working end-site of the medical device, wherein the third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the base member; wherein the contoured cavity tapers in an inward direction from the first opening in the first member toward the bottom surface; and wherein the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is rotationally offset from the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members such that radial locations of the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members are different than radial locations of the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members.