1. An apparatus for processing at least one fluid reagent which comprises:
a disposable set of interconnected fluid conduits;
a source of at least one fluid reagent connected to said fluid conduits;
means for directing flow of said at least one fluid reagent through said fluid conduit;
at least one unit operation for processing said at least one fluid reagent; means for recovering a fluid product from said at least one unit operation; and
a reusable housing for said flow conduits and said means for directing flow of said at least one fluid reagent;
2. A system for processing at least one fluid reagent which comprises a plurality of apparatus, each apparatus having a disposable set of interconnected fluid conduits,
a source of at least one fluid reagent connected to said fluid conduits,
means for directing flow of said at least one fluid reagent through said fluid conduit,
at least one unit operation for processing said at least one fluid reagent, means for recovering a fluid product from said at least one unit operation, the plurality of apparatus having a plurality of sets of interconnected fluid conduits, each of said sets having conduit diameters different from the diameter of the other of said sets of interconnecting fluid conduits, each of said apparatus having a reusable housing for enclosing said fluid conduits sized to enclose one of said sets.
3. A re-usable housing cassette configured to house a set of interconnected conduits and means for directing at least one fluid through said conduits, said cassette functioning to increases the pressure capability of the tubing manifold contained in the cassette and to provide containment of said conduits.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said unit operation is filtration.
5. The system of claim 2 wherein said unit operation is filtration.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said unit operation is chromatography.
7. The system of claim 2 wherein said unit operation is chromatography.
8. The system of claim 2 wherein said unit operation is liquid-liquid extraction.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said means for directing flow comprises at least one peristaltic pump.
10. The system of claim 2 wherein said means for directing flow comprises at least one peristaltic pump.
11. The cassette of claim 3 wherein said means for directing flow comprises at least one peristaltic pump.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
13. The system of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said unit operation is chromatography and further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
15. The system of claim 2 wherein said unit operation is liquid-liquid extraction and further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
16. The system of claim 2 wherein said unit operation is chromatography and further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
17. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said unit operation is filtration and further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
18. The system of claim 2 wherein said unit operation is filtration and further comprising a plurality of sources of fluid reagents.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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26. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
a portable housing;
at least one wireless transceiver carried by said portable housing;
a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by said portable housing;
an antenna carried by said portable housing and connected to said satellite positioning signal receiver;
at least one electrically conductive director element carried by said portable housing in spaced apart relation from said antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof; and
a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing and a dielectric extension extending outwardly from said PCS, said dielectric extension carrying said antenna.
27. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 wherein said at least one electrically conductive director element is also carried by said dielectric extension.
28. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 wherein said portable housing has an upper portion and a lower portion, and wherein said antenna is positioned adjacent the upper portion of said portable housing.
29. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 wherein said at least one wireless transceiver comprises a cellular transceiver, and further comprising a cellular antenna carried by said portable housing and connected to said cellular transceiver.
30. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 wherein said at least one electrically conductive director element comprises a pair of parallel, spaced apart electrically conductive director elements.
31. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 further comprising a controller carried by said portable housing and connected to said satellite positioning signal receiver, and a display carried by said portable housing and cooperating with said controller for displaying satellite positioning information.
32. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 wherein said antenna comprises an inverted F antenna.
33. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 26 wherein said antenna comprises a monopole antenna.
34. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
a portable housing having an upper portion and a lower portion;
a cellular transceiver carried by said portable housing;
a cellular antenna carried by said portable housing adjacent the lower portion thereof and connected to said cellular transceiver;
a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by said portable housing;
a satellite positioning system antenna carried by said portable housing adjacent the upper portion thereof and connected to said satellite positioning signal receiver;
at least one electrically conductive director element carried by said portable housing in spaced apart relation from said satellite positioning system antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof; and
a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing and a dielectric extension extending outwardly from said PCB adjacent the upper portion of said housing, said dielectric extension carrying said satellite positioning system antenna.
35. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 34 wherein said at least one electrically conductive director element is also carried by said dielectric extension.
36. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 34 further comprising a controller carried by said portable housing and connected to said satellite positioning signal receiver, and a display carried by said portable housing and cooperating with said controller for displaying satellite positioning information.
37. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:
positioning a satellite positioning signal receiver and at least one wireless transceiver in a portable housing;
connecting an antenna carried by the portable housing to the satellite positioning signal receiver;
positioning at least one electrically conductive director element in spaced apart relation from the antenna to be inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof; and
positioning in the housing a printed circuit board (PCB) with a dielectric extension extending outwardly therefrom and carrying the antenna.
38. The method of claim 37 wherein positioning the at least one electrically conductive director element comprises positioning the at least one electrically conductive director element on the dielectric extension.
39. The method of claim 37 wherein the portable housing has an upper portion and a lower portion, and further comprising positioning the antenna adjacent the upper portion of the portable housing.
40. The method of claim 37 wherein the at least one wireless transceiver comprises a cellular transceiver, and further comprising positioning a cellular antenna in the portable housing and connecting the cellular antenna to the cellular transceiver.
41. The method of claim 37 further comprising positioning a controller in the portable housing and connecting the controller to the satellite positioning signal receiver, and a positioning a display in the portable housing for cooperating with the controller for displaying satellite positioning information.