Patent ID: 8182769

Claim:
A transportation system for transporting a biological material container between a sterile field and a nonsterile field and substantially maintaining sterility of the biological material container, the transportation system comprising: a housing assembly that removably houses the biological material container; a port defined by the housing assembly, the port providing communication into the biological material container from outside the housing assembly; and a coupling member; the housing assembly including a first member with an open end and a closed end, the first member at least partially covering a first portion of the biological material container such that a second portion of the biological material container extends from the open end of the first member, the housing assembly further including a second member that at least partially covers the second portion of the biological material container, the second member continuously surrounding the first member adjacent the open end, the second member including a first open end and a second open end, the coupling member removably coupling the second member to the first member such that the second member can be moved relative to the first member by moving the second member away from the open end and toward the closed end of the first member such that the second member receives the first member to thereby expose the second portion of the biological material container, the second member being slidable away from the open end and slidable over the first member such that the first and second open ends receive the first member to expose the second portion of the biological material container.