Patent ID: 8273303

Claim:
A sterilizing device for wiping and sterilizing outer and inner surfaces of a working end-site of a medical device, the sterilizing device comprising: a housing device comprising at least one end, a removable cover secured over the at least one end and adapted to be opened, and sidewalk having outer walls; a sterilizing element contained and secured within the housing, the sterilizing element comprising: a first end and a second end, and a recessed cavity configured to receive and engage the working end-site, the recessed cavity having a continuously tapered inner surface shaped and sculpted to contour to and contact the outer surfaces of the working end-site and a raised base portion comprising a projection shaped to contour and contact the inner surfaces of an interior lumen of the working end-site, wherein the entire sterilizing element is impregnated with an anti-pathogenic agent; and a second sterilizing element contained and secured within the removable cover, the second sterilizing element including an anti-pathogenic agent, a first end and a second end, and a recessed cavity configured to receive and contact the surfaces of the working end-site the recessed cavity having an inner surface shaped to contour and contact the outer surfaces of the working end-site and a raised base portion shaped to contour and contact the inner surfaces of the working end-site.