ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,134, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Method of manufacturing a sensor for detecting an analyte in a body fluid" was invented by Karl-Heinz Koelker (Mannheim, Germany), Thilo Reschke (Mannheim, Germany), Sebastian Kuebler (Mannheim, Germany) and David Kaspar Siebel (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a sensor for detecting an analyte in a body fluid is disclosed. In the inventive method a membrane layer is provided, and at least one first electrically conductive material is directly or indirectly deposited onto the membrane layer. At least one electr...