Patent ID: 8322232

Claim:
A method of providing a sample fluid conditioning apparatus, comprising the steps of: a. Establishing a fluid communication order of sample conditioning components to effect conditioning of said sample fluid; b. Designing a system of fluid passages to fluidly interconnect said sample conditioning components, providing a flow schematic; c. Forming a fluid access passage laterally through a first component to form a base component having a docking surface forming an outer side, said outer side having an opening formed by an end of said fluid access passage, and an inner side; d. Providing a second component having first and second sides, said second component having formed laterally therethrough channels extending through said first and second sides, said channels having a configuration based upon said flow schematic of step “b”, providing a flow component; e. Mounting a third component to one side of said flow component, and mounting said inner side of said first component to the opposing side of said flow component, so as to enclose said channels formed in said flow component, and form enclosed passages representative of said flow schematic; f. Mounting a modular component to said docking surface of said base component in the order of step “A”; and g. Utilizing said access passages to allow said modular component to fluidly communicate with one or more of said enclosed passages.