1. A method for temporarily marking an injection site on a patient’s skin comprising the steps of:
applying a medical marking tattoo containing at least one injection target site to a patient’s skin where an injection is to be made,
injecting a medical substance into said injection target site contained within said medical marking tattoo using an injection device, and
marking an area of skin near said injection target site and within said medical marking tattoo using a tattoo activation element to indicate that an injection has been delivered at the injection target site.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical marking tattoo comprises between 1 and 14 injection target sites.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical marking tattoo comprises a temporary skin tattoo comprising several layers of materials interspersed with dye or ink-impermeable layers.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical substance is a substance used to treat diabetes, multiple sclerosis or another autoimmune disease.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical substance is insulin, interferon beta-1a or interferon beta-1b.
6. A medical marking apparatus used for marking an injection site on a patient’s skin comprising:
a tattoo activation element that is attached to and coaxially aligned with an injection device, wherein said tattoo activation element comprises a fluid reservoir with a needle connected to its distal end and a plunging device, said needle being capable of delivering medical ink or dye to a patient’s skin when force is applied to the plunging device, and
wherein said injection device coaxially aligned with the axis of the tattoo activation element comprises a fluid reservoir with a needle connected to its distal end and a plunging device, said needle being capable of delivering medical or nutritive substances to a patient’s skin when force is applied to the plunging device.
7. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said fluid reservoir of said tattoo activation element contains medical ink or dye.
8. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said fluid reservoir of said tattoo activation element is a protective cap, said medical ink or dye being capable of being displaced to a patient’s skin when force is applied to said protective cap.
9. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said fluid reservoir of said tattoo activation element contains medical dye or ink that can be magnetically coupled to a medical marking tattoo.
10. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said plunging device of said tattoo activation element further comprises a syringe containing medical ink or dye connected to a needle, said medical ink or dye being capable of being displaced onto patient’s skin when force is applied to said syringe.
11. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said plunging device of said tattoo activation element further comprises a piston pump and a plunger containing medical ink or dye connected to a needle, said medical ink or dye being capable of being displaced onto patient’s skin when force is applied to said piston pump.
12. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said plunging device of said tattoo activation element further comprises a barrel and plunger containing medical ink or dye connected to a needle, said medical ink or dye being capable of being displaced onto patient’s skin when force is applied to said plunger.
13. The needle and plunging device of claim 10, wherein said needle is connected to said plunging device using a luer lok design, a slip fit design, a catheter tip design, or an eccentric tip design.
14. The medical marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein the medical marking apparatus further comprises an infusion pump, an infusion catheter, an insertable needle assembly, or an adhesive patch.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A pump system, comprising:
a pressure pump having a primary drive shaft with a primary fluid moving element and a secondary drive shaft with a secondary fluid moving element that enmeshes with the primary fluid moving element;
a first scavenge pump bank driven by the primary drive shaft and including at least one scavenge pump; and,
a second scavenge pump bank driven by the secondary drive shaft and including at least one scavenge pump.
2. The pump system of claim 1 wherein the primary fluid moving element is a primary spur gear and the secondary fluid moving element is a secondary spur gear.
3. The pump system of claim 2 wherein the at least one scavenge pump of said first scavenge pump bank includes a primary drive rotor and a primary driven rotor.
4. The pump system of claim 3 wherein the at least one scavenge pump of said second scavenge pump bank includes a first, secondary drive rotor and a first, secondary driven rotor.