Patent ID: 8628501

Claim:
A sterilization cap carried on a needle support end of a syringe comprising: a main body having first and second ends thereof and a separating bottom extending across a mid-portion of said main body, said first end sealingly connectable to the needle support end, said first end also being sealingly connectable onto a male adaptor end of a primary or IV extension line: said first end including a cylindrical barrel clearance cavity defined between an inner surface of a barrel oversleeve and an outer surface of a barrel inner sleeve, an inner surface of said barrel inner sleeve being sealingly engageable with the needle support end: said second end of said main body defining a hollow sponge cavity and an outwardly extending annular flange defining an opening of said second end; a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending prongs coupling to said separating bottom for positioning within said sponge cavity; a sponge positioning within said sponge cavity and being saturated with a sterilizing liquid; said prongs penetrating into said sponge for preventing rotation of said sponge relative to said main body; an annular shaped sponge retention ring frictionally engaging with said opening of said second of said main body; said annular shaped sponge retention ring positioning inwardly of and co-planar with said outwardly extending annular flange for preventing removal of said sponge from said hollow sponge cavity; a removable cover attached to said second end to sealingly enclose said sponge within said sponge cavity; and said second end being sized, when said cover is removed, to fit over a needleless connector tip of an extension or IV tubing a distance sufficient to compress said sponge to sterilize said needleless connector with sterilizing liquid expressed from said sponge.