ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,002, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cerner Innovation Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Context-aware post traumatic stress disorder monitoring and intervention" was invented by Douglas S. McNair (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, computer-readable media, and system associated with psychiatric and physiologic monitoring of a patient having PTSD or anxiety-related mental health conditions are provided. For example, data associated with a survey or questionnaire that was provided to a patient is received. A score may be determined from the data associated with the survey or questionnaire. A time-series is formed using heart-...