Patent ID: 7752928

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; c. Forming said fluid passages by forming grooves on a first surface of a first base plate; d. Sealing said formed grooves in said first base plate to provide enclosed fluid passages by sealing a second plate over said grooves, forming a base module; e. Providing fluid communication of said enclosed passages in said base module with the outer surface of said first plate via junction ports, said junction ports positioned so as to form a component docking surface; f. Mounting said sample conditioning components to said component docking surface so as to communicate with said enclosed fluid passages in the fluid communication order of Step “A”; g. Providing fluid communication of said enclosed passages in said base module with the outer surface of said second plate via junction ports, said junction ports positioned so as to form a second component docking surface; and h. Mounting said sample conditioning components to said second component docking surface so as to communicate with said enclosed fluid passages in the fluid communication order of Step “A”.