ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,623, issued on April 29, was assigned to OPTINA DIAGNOSTICS INC. (Montreal).

"Method and system for identifying subjects who are potentially impacted by a medical condition" was invented by Jean Philippe Sylvestre (Kirkland, Canada), David Lapointe (Pointe-Claire, Canada) and Claudia Chevrefils (Saint-Laurent, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Subjects who are potentially impacted by a medical condition are identified. An experimental group includes subjects having a positive indication for a specific criterion related to the medical condition in their medical profiles. A control groups includes subjects having a negative indicati...