The blood pump comprises an elongate drive portion and a pump portion lengthening the latter. One or more mobile devices monitor one or more starting requirements of the conference and transmit input sound information to a server when the one or more starting requirements of the conference is detected. Accordingly, the inventor devised several methods for making nearly planar intermetal dielectric layers without the use of chemical-mechanical planarization and methods of modifying metal layout patterns to facilitate formation of dielectric layers with more uniform thickness. The connector is connected to the antenna and configured to connect a transaction card to the antenna in response to at least insertion in the housing. The shaft is retained in the bores by bushings inserted from outside the valve body.