US Patent Issued to FACET TECHNOLOGIES on June 17 for "Latch mechanism for preventing lancet oscillation in a lancing device" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,524, issued on June 17, was assigned to FACET TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Kennesaw, Ga.).

"Latch mechanism for preventing lancet oscillation in a lancing device" was invented by Lauren R. Pusey (Woodstock, Ga.) and Greg Lamps (Smyrna, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lancing device including a latch that pivots between a non-blocking position allowing a lancet carrier and a lancet to advance and retract through a first forward and reverse lancing stroke and a blocking position preventing further/excess/secondary oscillation of the lancet carrier and lancet. The pivotal latch can pivot about an axis perpendicular (e.g., for an L-shaped latc...