US Patent Issued to FACET TECHNOLOGIES on April 7 for "Push-to-charge lancing device" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,008, issued on April 7, was assigned to FACET TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Atlanta).

"Push-to-charge lancing device" was invented by Kathleen Heller (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lancing device has improved charging features. In one example embodiment, the charging mechanism generally includes a user actuated portion or charging member and a cam feature for engagement therewith. The charging member includes a finger projection or boss and the cam feature includes a ramped surface. Actuating the charging member causes the finger projection to movably engage the ramp surface of the cam feature and charge the drive mechanism."

The pat...