ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,198, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Medical device and methods for assembling and disassembling the same" was invented by Rene Schramm (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device having a housing that includes a first housing part with a first sealing element and a second housing part with a second sealing element. The first housing part and the second housing part are releasably couplable to each other. The first housing part and the first sealing element are formed from a same first material and the second housing part and the second sealing element are formed f...