US Patent Issued to Sproutel on Dec. 30 for "System, apparatus, and method for aiding in recruitment, retention, and compliance in medical clinical trials" (Rhode Island, Maryland, Vermont, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,189, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sproutel Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"System, apparatus, and method for aiding in recruitment, retention, and compliance in medical clinical trials" was invented by Aaron J. Horowitz (Providence, R.I.), Joel B. Schwartz (Baltimore), Brian Oley (Richmond, Vt.), Nicholas G. Mead (East Providence, R.I.) and Sam Martinez (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ...