ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,133, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Satio Inc. (Boston).
"Dermal patch for collecting a physiological sample" was invented by Namal Nawana (Weston, Mass.) and Ziad Tarik Al-Shamsie (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for collecting a physiological sample from a subject includes a lancet with a needle that is configured to puncture the subject's skin and a cartridge configured to engage with the lancet. The lancet is configured to transition the needle from an undeployed position to a deployed position in response to engagement with the cartridge, thereby allowing the needle to puncture the subject's skin."
The pat...