A molecule separator device for isolating molecules having at least two separable
properties and within a solution. The device includes a housing, and at least two
molecule collection media disposed within the housing, whereby each such medium
captures molecules exhibiting a respective property. In one embodiment, a first
membrane captures only molecules with an ionic and/or hydrophobic and/or affinity
attraction property while a second membrane captures only such molecules that additionally
fall within a particular molecular weight range. A preferred housing is cylindrical
for acceptance within a centrifuge, and is constructed of a plurality of releasably-connected
compartments. The collection media is sequentially situated and centrifugation
of the housing drives the solution through the media. Because of separation and
subsequent collection in one device of molecules bearing multiple properties, the
present invention permits rapid and efficient isolation of molecules and micro-particulate
having a plurality of identification characteristics.