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The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/683,659 of Benjamin M. Rush et al., filed on Oct. 9, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,916,159, which is related to and claims priority based on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/417,464, entitled �Disposable Pump for Drug Delivery System�, filed on Oct. 9, 2002, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/424,613, entitled �Disposable Pump and Actuation Circuit for Drug Delivery System,� filed on Nov. 6, 2002, each of which is hereby incorporated by this reference in its entirety. The parent application, U.S. application Ser. No. 10/683,659, was published as U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0115067 A1 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,916,159 on Jul. 12, 2005. The present application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/106,155 of Benjamin M. Rush et al., filed Apr. 13, 2005 entitled �Variable Volume, Shape Memory Actuated Insulin Dispensing Pump,� and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/106,256 of Benjamin M. Rush, filed Apr. 13, 2005 entitled �Methods for Use in Assessing a Flow Condition of a Fluid,� each of which is filed concurrently with the present application and is hereby incorporated herein, in its entirety, by this reference.
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