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1. An automated liquid chromatography system comprising:
a housing; a master control unit connected to a system bus; and two or more fluid handling units arranged as interchangeable modular components comprising with (i) an external fluidics section, (ii) an internal fluidics section including a bus connector for directly connecting the modular component with the system bus, and (iii) a panel member arranged to separate the fluidics section from the non-fluidics section, and wherein the housing comprises a liquid handling panel with two or more component positions adapted to receive said interchangeable modular components such that, when inserted, the fluidics section is external to the housing and the non fluidics section is internal to the housing, wherein each component position includes a complementary connector for connecting the bus connector of the interchangeable modular component inserted therein to said system bus and wherein each modular component includes a dedicated CPU unit allowing the modular component to independently perform operations in response to instructions over the system bus, wherein the master control unit is arranged to automatically identify interchangeable modular components, wherein said housing is adapted to accommodate at least one pump, at least one sensor unit and at least two fluid control valves of different configurations, of which at least two of the pump, the sensor unit, and the fluid control valves are modular components, and wherein the system is capable of performing automated liquid chromatography. |
