In at least one embodiment the present invention provides a vacuum pump assembly having a vacuum pump body defining a cylindrical internal pump chamber housing a rotary vane rotatable about an axis radially removed from the center of the cylindrical internal pump chamber, an inlet, at least one outlet, a rotary power source abutting the vacuum pump body and having a proximal surface fluidly communicating with the internal pump chamber by way of the at least one outlet; the rotary power source having a rotating shaft operably connected to the rotary vane, and an electronics housing positioned adjacent the vacuum pump body such that as the rotary vane is rotated a first abbreviated crescent shaped working space is defined in communication with the inlet and as the rotary vane continues to rotate a second abbreviated crescent shaped working space is defined in communication with the at least one outlet.