Rigid gasket aseptic connector

A genderless connector comprising:

• a flange connector comprising a tubular end connector and a flange, said flange having a back and a face, said tubular end connector connected to the back of said flange such that the flange connector and end connector are coaxial with respect to the axis of highest symmetry, said flange comprising an annular cavity symmetrically and concentrically disposed into its face, the cavity having an inner wall at an inner radius, an outer wall at an outer radius, and a floor comprising an annular surface bounded by said inner radius and said outer radius;
• and
• a rigid, annular gasket having upper and lower annular surfaces, each having an inner and outer diameter, a gasket body height, and inner and outer concentric cylindrical side walls which are disposed at right angles to the inner and outer diameters, respectively;
• wherein said gasket comprises tabs extending downward from the lower annular surface, said tabs forming acute angles with said lower surface and having a thickness and a rise;
• wherein the gasket has inner and outer diameters of a magnitude such that it can reside in the cavity;
• wherein the combined dimensions of the thickness of the tabs and the gasket body height is less than the cavity depth, and wherein the combined dimensions of the rise and the gasket body height is greater than the cavity depth.