ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,979, issued on March 18, was assigned to ORCHID EXCHANGE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for providing virtual health services" was invented by Lan Chi Le Vo (Philadelphia), Joseph Pomianowski (Philadelphia) and Daniel Varga (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual health system is provided that creates a digital platform to connect patients to healthcare providers. Healthcare providers create profiles that describe their healthcare specialty and provide scheduling information that indicates their availability along with preferences such as appointment or meeting length, minimum break between appointment, an...