Patent ID: 7080666

Claim:
A system for processing fluids, the system comprising: a unit for supplying and discharging the fluids, the unit further having: a plurality of fluid lines terminating in a plurality of fluid ports; and an assembly side with the plurality of fluid ports terminating therein; and at least one device in which at least one of the fluids is processed, the at least one device operable to be mounted on the assembly side and further operable to be coupled to the plurality of fluid ports, the at least one device having a plurality of components performing a plurality of functions related to the processing of the at least one of the fluids, the components being mounted on the assembly side in superimposed planes, the fluid ports supplying and discharging the fluids to and from the components, the fluid ports having different lengths and extending from the assembly side to the components, wherein at least one component which lies in one of the superimposed planes closer to the assembly side contains at least one passageway for at least one of the fluid ports for supplying and discharging fluids to and from a second component farther away from the assembly side.