Patent ID: 8322380

Claim:
A flexible gas delivery apparatus, comprising: at least one gas stick having a plurality of gas delivery components thereon; a plurality of universal fluid flow adaptors interconnected to form a substrate, each of the plurality of universal fluid flow adaptors coupled to and in fluid communication with one of the plurality of gas delivery components; wherein each of the plurality of universal fluid flow adaptors is a single structure comprising: a plurality of vertical conduits to receive a gas flow, the plurality of vertical conduits extending through the single structure from a top surface to a bottom surface; a plurality of horizontal conduits to receive a gas flow, the plurality of horizontal conduits extending through a first side, a second side, a first end, and a second end at an interior of the single structure, wherein the plurality of horizontal conduits form a mixing manifold, the mixing manifold in fluid communication with a plurality of mixing valves; wherein one or more of the plurality of vertical conduits converge with at least one of the plurality of horizontal conduits at the interior of the single structure, and wherein one or more of the plurality of horizontal conduits converge to form at least one cross-shaped conduit at the interior of the single structure.