Modular technical details

Due to the modularity and availability of a number of functional elements, multistep reactions can be set up, studied, optimized, and combined with separation techniques. A number of process applications have been described by industrial and university laboratories, for example, the investigation of organic textbook reactions [27], the Moffatt-Swem oxidation [28], Dibal-H reduction [29], phase transfer catalysis [30], and gas/liquid separation techniques such as desorption [31] as well as liquid/liquid separation by a hydrocyclone [32], Technical details of the MMRS can be found elsewhere and will not be described in more detail here [26]. 

In addition to the economic and technical reasons that support modularity, it can assist in a medical product gaining acceptance. If the product can be viewed by the clinician as having a number of modules that are familiar, along with some new functionality, it may be easier to introduce than a system that is viewed as an entirely new approach. Most medical professionals are somewhat conservative and like to be on ground that is at least somewhat familiar. This could be a consideration in choice of architecture and even in the details of the deconstruction process. 

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