Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system, method and software program product for placing foreign professionals in the United States for employment. The present placement process is an integration of a plurality of tightly-coupled placement sub-processes which are controlled and managed by a single placement service provider entity, while the individual placement sub-processes and minor sub-processes are accomplished by third-party service providers. Subparts of the present placement process are not performed as a series of discrete sub-processes or in a strict sequential order, but are initiated by the occurrence of an event which may be the occurrence of an internal event within a previous subpart or the completion of a prior subpart. Candidates are accepted into the placement process by the placement service provider rather than by an employer and the placement service provider assumes the risk for physically placing candidates at an employer's location at a specified date.

Abstract: A device (10) and method for cutaneously marking the venous anatomy with an ink. The method comprises selectively locating a portion of the venous anatomy to be marked and coating the skin (20) corresponding to the venous anatomy to be marked with a transmission gel (22). The transmission gel (22) permits a technician utilizing an ultrasound transducer to pinpoint the portion of the venous anatomy to be marked. Device (10) simultaneously clears the transmission gel from the skin (20) corresponding to the portion of the venous anatomy to be marked and marks the open space (24) on the skin (20) with the ink.

Abstract: A device (10) and method for cutaneously marking the venous anatomy with an ink. The method comprises selectively locating a portion of the venous anatomy to be marked and coating the skin (20) corresponding to the venous anatomy to be marked with a transmission gel (22). The transmission gel (22) permits a technician utilizing an ultrasound transducer to pinpoint the portion of the venous anatomy to be marked. Device (10) simultaneously clears the transmission gel from the skin (20) corresponding to the portion of the venous anatomy to be marked and marks the open space (24) on the skin (20) with the ink.