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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12512189 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2023

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

Applicant:

Sproutel, Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Inventors:

Aaron J. Horowitz, Providence, RI (US);

Joel B. Schwartz, Baltimore, MD (US);

Brian Oley, Richmond, VT (US);

Nicholas G. Mead, East Providence, RI (US);

Sam Martinez, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Sproutel, Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorneys:

Renaissance IP Law Group, LLP

David A. Crowther

Primary Examiner:

Robert A Sorey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 10/20 (2018.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/655 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 10/94 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 10/20 (2018.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/655 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 10/945 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.

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