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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2004
Michael V. Lipoma, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Avi M. Robbins, Longwood, FL (US);
Carl E. Griffin, Marietta, GA (US);
David R. Buenger, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael V. Lipoma, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Avi M. Robbins, Longwood, FL (US);
Carl E. Griffin, Marietta, GA (US);
David R. Buenger, Roswell, GA (US);
Facet Technologies, LLC, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Abstract
A lancing device including a drive mechanism with a drive spring and a lancet carrier engaged and driven by the drive spring, and further including a lancet with a sharp lancing tip, wherein the lancet floats relative to the carrier and is decoupled from the drive mechanism during at least a portion of a lancing stroke. In one example embodiment the lancet is held in a sled that floats in the carrier, and in another example embodiment the lancet by itself floats in the carrier.