Sproutel, Inc.

Brian Oley

Joel B Schwartz

Aaron Jay Horowitz

Hannah Chung

Nicholas G Mead

Sam Martinez

Aaron J Horowitz

A system for aiding in a medical clinical trial involving one or more pediatric patients includes a patient passport, individual achievement stickers that are awarded to pediatric patients and that are placed within the patient passport, and an interactive companion toy having distinctive patterns thereon. A camera of a mobile device scans the individual achievement stickers in the patient passport and/or the distinctive patterns on the interactive companion toy, and an interactive incentivization application logic section of the mobile device unlocks and display reward content to the pediatric patient. The interactive companion toy, the mobile application, and the physical passport can be customized to match particular protocols of the clinical trial. The pediatric patient is thus incentivized to participate and continue the clinical trial. Virtual medical play associated with the clinical trial can be practiced on the interactive companion toy in an augmented reality environment. Parents are assisted through automatic text message reminders, and electronic patient-reported outcomes are collected, transmitted, processed, and summarized for visualization and insights via a cloud-based clinical trial portal.

System, apparatus, and method for aiding in recruitment, retention, and compliance in medical clinical trials

A system, apparatus, and method for educating and reducing stress for patients with childhood illnesses or trauma is disclosed, which uses an interactive location-aware toy and a distributed sensor network in a healthcare facility. Patients are educated and calmed by providing location-specific education and stress reduction techniques. The system's implementation logic can be used to coordinate care for patients, track a patient's progress in completing a custom care treatment plan, and create reminders about appointments, medication adherence, or the like. Healthcare providers can better assist and track the progress of the patient's completion of the custom care treatment plan.

System, apparatus, and method for educating and reducing stress for patients with illness or trauma using an interactive location-aware toy and a distributed sensor network

An interactive augmented reality system for simulating medical procedures for pediatric disease education includes a plush toy having one or more patches disposed on a body of the plush toy in one or more corresponding locations each associated with an area of the body of the plush toy that is comparable to an area of a human body. An interactive medical procedure simulation logic section operable within a mobile device causes a particular patch within a series of live images to be scanned, and initiates an interactive augmented reality experience to simulate a medical procedure for pediatric disease education. Comfort is provided to children struggling with a disease. Children learn how to manage their chronic illness by enabling them to practice their medical procedures and receive feedback related to correct and incorrect care. A low-cost disease education delivery mechanism is provided directly to children through game-play.

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Brian Oley