MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541122960 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 5, 2025, for 'hybrid machine learning system for sickle cell disease detection.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Arumuga Arun R; Dr. Karthik K; Mr. Cherukuri Krishna Lathvik; Anna V Hemanadh; and Metta Manikanta Karthikeya Reddy.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a hybrid machine learning system for automated sickle cell disease detection. The system includes a preprocessing module configured to receive peripheral blood smea...