Patent ID: 8585905

Claim:
A device for performing one or more processing steps on a sample, said device comprising: a housing having a first vessel connector for receiving a first vessel and a second vessel connector for receiving a second vessel, and a passage, to provide fluid communication between said first vessel and said second vessel; and, a processing component in fluid communication with said passage, wherein said processing component is a porous monolith separation media or a bed of particles held in between opposing filters; said processing component for effecting a change in at least one fluid moving through said passage to form at least one processed fluid, said first vessel for receiving a first fluid and said second vessel for receiving a processed fluid, and said first fluid moving from said first vessel through said processing component and said passage into said second vessel to form at least one processed fluid via centrifugal force; wherein said bed of particles or monolith separation media are functionalized for ion exchange interactions, carbon affinity, hydrophilic or catalytic interactions.