ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,252, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ROCHE DIABETES CARE INC. (Indianapolis).

"Medical system" was invented by Emily Elise Meiner (Carmel, Ind.), Wolfgang Petrich (Bad Schonborn, Germany), Valerie Winckler-Desprez (Ladenburg, Germany) and Uwe Hensel (Viernheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system, an analyte measurement device, a medication device and a method for transcutaneously inserting an insertable element into a body tissue are disclosed. The medical system comprises: at least one electronics unit having at least one electronics component; at least one adhesive surface for attachment of the electronics uni...