Medical device and methods for assembling and disassembling the same

A medical device having a housing, wherein the housing comprises:

• a first housing part having a first sealing element;
• a second housing part having a second sealing element;
• wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are releasably couplable to each other and are configured to form a coupled state;
• wherein the first housing part and the first sealing element are formed from a same first material;
• wherein the second housing part and the second sealing element are formed from a same second material;
• wherein the first sealing element forms a first protrusion protruding from and extending along a flat surface on the first housing part;
• wherein the second sealing element forms a second protrusion protruding from and extending along a flat surface on the second housing part;
• wherein, when the first housing part and the second housing part form the coupled state, the first sealing element seals against the flat surface on the second housing part along a first sealing line and the second sealing element seals against the flat surface on the first housing part along a second sealing line;
• wherein the first housing part or the second housing part define a groove configured for collecting fluids and wherein the groove forms a recess in the flat surface of the first housing part or the flat surface of the second housing part and is adjacent to one or both of the first protrusion and the second protrusion;
• wherein one of the first and second sealing elements is engageable with the flat surface in which the recess is formed and is not projectable into the recess;
• wherein, when the first housing part and the second housing part form the coupled state, the recess is disposed adjacent an intermediate space between the first sealing element and the second sealing element and faces one of the flat surfaces on the first and second housing parts;
• wherein the housing includes a linear sliding mechanism, the linear sliding mechanism comprising a sliding receptacle disposed on one of the first housing part and the second housing part and a sliding guide rail disposed on the other one of the first housing part and second housing part wherein the sliding receptacle and the sliding guide rail together form a sliding connector configured for establishing a releasable mechanical connection between the first housing part and the second housing part wherein the second housing part forms a sliding lid of the housing;
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• wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion each have a width and a height, wherein the first protrusion, the first sealing line, the second protrusion and the second sealing line all extend transverse to a sliding direction of the linear sliding mechanism and wherein pushing the second housing part relative to the first housing part in the coupled state removes one or more of water, dust and dirt from a gap between the first housing part and the second housing part via the second sealing element.

A method for assembling a medical device, the method comprising:

• (I) providing a first housing part having a first sealing element wherein the first housing part and the first sealing element are formed from a same first material and wherein the first sealing element forms at least one first protrusion;
• (II) providing a second housing part having a second sealing element wherein the second housing part and the second sealing element are formed from a same second material and wherein the second sealing element forms at least one second protrusion;
• (III) releasably coupling the first housing part and the second housing part to each other such that the first housing part and the second housing part form a coupled state;
• wherein the first housing part comprises a first sealing surface, the first sealing surface being a flat surface, wherein, in the coupled state, the second sealing element seals against the first sealing surface along a second sealing line;
• and wherein the second housing part comprises a second sealing surface, the second sealing surface being a flat surface, wherein, in the coupled state, the first sealing element seals against the second sealing surface along a first sealing line;
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• wherein the housing includes a linear sliding mechanism having a sliding receptacle disposed on one of the first housing part and the second housing part and a sliding guide rail disposed on the other one of the first housing part and the second housing part wherein the sliding receptacle and the sliding guide rail together form a sliding connector configured for establishing a releasable mechanical connection between the first housing part and the second housing part, wherein the second housing part forms a sliding lid of the housing and the first protrusion and the second protrusion each have a width and a height, wherein the first protrusion, the first sealing line, the second protrusion and the second sealing line all extend transverse to a sliding direction of the linear sliding mechanism.