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The present invention provides apparatus and methods for separating fluid components. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus and methods utilize microchannel devices with small distances for heat and mass transfer to achieve rapid cycle times and surprisingly large volumes of fluid components separ

The present invention provides apparatus and methods for separating fluid components. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus and methods utilize microchannel devices with small distances for heat and mass transfer to achieve rapid cycle times and surprisingly large volumes of fluid components separated in short times using relatively compact hardware.

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The present invention provides apparatus and methods for separating fluid components. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus and methods utilize microchannel devices with small distances for heat and mass transfer to achieve rapid cycle times and surprisingly large volumes of fluid components separ

The present invention provides apparatus and methods for separating fluid components. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus and methods utilize microchannel devices with small distances for heat and mass transfer to achieve rapid cycle times and surprisingly large volumes of fluid components separated in short times using relatively compact hardware. nal direction; and first and second forceps, each passing through one of said forceps passages, respectively, and having an operating element at a proximal end outside one of said forceps passage and a set of two jaws at a distal end outside one of said forceps passage, said first and second forceps being operable independently of each other; wherein the set of jaws of said first forceps is pivotally supported as a unit on a pivot axis approximately orthogonal to a plane containing the longitudinal axes of said two forceps passages; the set of jaws of said second forceps is not pivotally supported as a unit; and at least one of the two jaws of each set of jaws is pivotally supported to perform a pivotal movement with respect to the other jaw about an axis parallel to said plane containing the longitudinal axes of said forceps passages so as to open or close the jaws.