Shielded enclosure comprising modular containers

A variable-size medical article enclosure formed by the interconnection of a plurality of medical article modules that, when interconnected, form an enclosure internal storage space, the enclosure also comprising a plurality of enclosure walls having radiofrequency (RF) shielding material arranged to attenuate the passage of RF energy out of and into the enclosure internal storage space, the medical article enclosure comprising:

• a first module having a plurality of sides within which is located a first module internal storage space, the plurality of sides comprising a plurality of interconnected walls each of which comprises a substrate formed of an electrically non-conductive material, the interconnected walls also comprising a joining edge configured to physically mate the wall with another of the plurality of walls to form a joint seam between the two mated walls, each of the mated walls also comprising an electrically conductive component that is coextensive with the substrate of the wall and extends to the joining edge of another wall at which the electrically conductive component is exposed to electrically connect with an electrically conductive component of another mated wall at the joint seam, the first module also having a module interconnecting side configured to interconnect the first module with a module interconnecting side of another module to join the respective internal storage spaces of the interconnected modules to result in an enclosure internal storage space;
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• a second module having a plurality of sides within which is located a second module internal storage space, the plurality of sides comprising a plurality of interconnected walls each of which comprises a substrate formed of an electrically non-conductive material, the interconnected walls also comprising a joining edge configured to physically mate the wall with another of the plurality of walls to form a joint seam between the two mated walls, each of the mated walls also comprising an electrically conductive component that is coextensive with the substrate of the wall and extends to the joining edge of another wall at which location the electrically conductive component is exposed to electrically connect with an electrically conductive component of another mated wall at the joint seam, the second module also having a module interconnecting side configured to interconnect the second module with the interconnecting side of the first module to join the internal storage space of the first module with that of the second module to result in the enclosure internal storage space;
• wherein the module interconnecting side of each of the first and second modules has a complementary shape and size for mating with each other and also has an electrically conductive component to mate the electrically conductive components of the walls of the first module with those of the second module to result in the interconnected module walls forming the enclosure walls being electrically conductive to thereby attenuate the passage of RF energy out of and into the enclosure storage space;
• wherein the interconnecting module side of each of the first and second modules is formed so that it will interconnect the inner storage spaces of each of the modules with each other and will interconnect the RF components of both of the modules together, regardless of any difference in the sizes of the individual first and second modules and regardless of any differences in the sizes of internal storage spaces of the first and second modules;
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• wherein the internal storage space of the first module is different in size from the internal storage space of the second module and interconnecting the first module with the second module results in a storage space for the enclosure.

A method of forming a medical article enclosure of interconnected medical article modules so that the enclosure has an enclosure storage space that is shielded from the passage of RF energy out of and into the enclosure storage space, the method comprising:

• interconnecting at an interconnection seam a first medical article storage module having a first medical article storage space with a second medical article storage module that has a second module internal storage space;
• wherein each of the first and second modules have walls formed of a substrate of electrically non-conductive material with an RF electrically conductive element that is coextensive with the substrate of the walls to provide RF shielding of the inner storage spaces;
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• electrically interconnecting the RF electrically conductive element of the first module with the RF electrically conductive element of the second module and with the RF element at the interconnection seam so that the enclosure storage space is electrically shielded.