An interface system comprising: a male valve assembly comprising an inner and an outer housing, wherein each of the housings has an opened forward end, and a valve needle positioned within the inner housing, wherein a valve aperture is formed within the valve needle; a female valve assembly comprising an inner and an outer housing, each of the housings having an opened forward end, and a valve cap positioned within the inner housing, the valve cap having a seated and an unseated orientation, wherein a spring biases the valve cap into the seated orientation; the interface system having an engaged orientation in which the inner housing of the female valve assembly enters the opened forward end of the inner housing of the male valve assembly and in which the valve needle of the male valve assembly engages and displaces the valve cap of the female valve assembly to form a media pathway (26, 72, 84) between the valve needle of the male valve assembly and the inner housing of the female valve assembly, characterised in that a sealing ring is positioned within the inner housing of the male valve assembly, the sealing ring having a seated and an unseated orientation, a spring biasing the sealing ring into the seated orientation, wherein in the seated orientation the sealing ring is positioned within the opened forward end of the inner housing and the valve aperture is unexposed, and wherein in the unseated orientation the sealing ring is removed from the opened forward end of the inner housing and the valve aperture is exposed; wherein in the engaged orientation of the interface system the inner housing of the female valve assembly engages and displaces the sealing ring of the male valve assembly to expose the valve aperture; the male valve assembly comprises a series of first electrical contacts positioned about the outer housing of the male valve assembly; and the female valve assembly comprises a series of second electrical contacts positioned about the outer housing of the female valve assembly. a male valve assembly comprising an inner and an outer housing, wherein each of the housings has an opened forward end, and a valve needle positioned within the inner housing, wherein a valve aperture is formed within the valve needle; a female valve assembly comprising an inner and an outer housing, each of the housings having an opened forward end, and a valve cap positioned within the inner housing, the valve cap having a seated and an unseated orientation, wherein a spring biases the valve cap into the seated orientation; the interface system having an engaged orientation in which the inner housing of the female valve assembly enters the opened forward end of the inner housing of the male valve assembly and in which the valve needle of the male valve assembly engages and displaces the valve cap of the female valve assembly to form a media pathway (26, 72, 84) between the valve needle of the male valve assembly and the inner housing of the female valve assembly, characterised in that a sealing ring is positioned within the inner housing of the male valve assembly, the sealing ring having a seated and an unseated orientation, a spring biasing the sealing ring into the seated orientation, wherein in the seated orientation the sealing ring is positioned within the opened forward end of the inner housing and the valve aperture is unexposed, and wherein in the unseated orientation the sealing ring is removed from the opened forward end of the inner housing and the valve aperture is exposed; wherein in the engaged orientation of the interface system the inner housing of the female valve assembly engages and displaces the sealing ring of the male valve assembly to expose the valve aperture; the male valve assembly comprises a series of first electrical contacts positioned about the outer housing of the male valve assembly; and the female valve assembly comprises a series of second electrical contacts positioned about the outer housing of the female valve assembly.