Abstract: An electromagnetic grounding plate has a central hole with a set of splines that extend radially inward toward the center of the hole. The plate is mounted between a housing and a receptacle connector such that the hole coaxially aligns with an aperture in the housing. A mating connector for the receptacle connector has an outer sleeve and a set of contact pins inside the sleeve. The mating connector is inserted through the aperture in the housing and into engagement with the receptacle connector. As the sleeve of the mating connector contacts the splines on the plate, the splines deflect slightly inward toward the receptacle connector. The contact between the sleeve and the splines establishes a radio frequency (RF) contact between the mating connector and the housing to ground high frequency electromagnetic emissions.

Abstract: A lyophilization bag is provided in which a fluid, such as blood, may be introduced, lyophilized without collapsing the bag, stored, reconstituted and distributed from the bag without intermediate transfer of the useful contents from the bag.